Mr. Hardwick is a renowned Holmesian who has written a number of books on the master detective, so I had high expectations for this book. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment.
This is more a thriller than a mystery and it feels like Holmes is just going along. It does not have the amazing deductions that I have expect. Even the crimes seem rather inconsequential, although they involve several murders. I just couldn't find a way to care.
Watson, Lestrade, and other old friends are here, but they seem ghosts of their former selves. The two characters I liked the best in the whole book are two wolves name Boris and Ivan.
In this story, Holmes keeps talking about retiring and, if this is the best he can manage, I have to think it is a good idea.
This is more a thriller than a mystery and it feels like Holmes is just going along. It does not have the amazing deductions that I have expect. Even the crimes seem rather inconsequential, although they involve several murders. I just couldn't find a way to care.
Watson, Lestrade, and other old friends are here, but they seem ghosts of their former selves. The two characters I liked the best in the whole book are two wolves name Boris and Ivan.
In this story, Holmes keeps talking about retiring and, if this is the best he can manage, I have to think it is a good idea.
An average Sherlock Holmes adventure, this one involving a convoluted plot to seize the throne. Sherlock has several problems before him, including blackmail, the theft of a former prime minister bones, and worst of all, a series of attacks which seem to point to a large vicious dog. This book delves into english history and politics, esp around the period that Oliver Cromwell took over the government from the Crown ( which tends to slow the story down). It's an ok read, but don't order it thinking it a sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles, that plot line is almost incidental. More for hardcore Sherlock fans or english history buffs.
