Instead of solving the crime, as she is accustomed to doing, Charlotte must take care not to be embroiled in this investigation, lest it become known to those who harbor ill intentions that Sherlock Holmes is abroad and still very much alive. Murder in Cold Street is a clever locked-room mystery, and the author keeps us on our toes as we follow Charlotte and Lord Ingram unearthing clues and suspects as they work tirelessly to prove Treadles’ innocence. But on the night Charlotte makes her move to retrieve the dossier, in the midst of a terrifying storm in the Bay of Biscay, a brutal murder also takes place on the ship. Her search leads her aboard the RMS Provence, sailing from Southampton for the eastern hemisphere. But then she receives a tempting offer: Find a dossier the crown is desperately seeking to recover, and she might be able to go back to a normal life. Sherry Thomas’ fifth outing in the Lady Sherlock series is as fascinating and feminist as ever.Austin Chronicle on Murder on Cold Street Thomas masterfully handles all the ins and outs of the mystery while layering the story with suspense and intrigue to keep readers guessing. The Luckiest Lady in London, November 2013įemale Sherlock Holmes confronts a twisty plot of love, jealousy, and betrayalĬharlotte Holmes’s brilliant mind and deductive skills are pulled into a dangerous investigation at sea in the new mystery in the bestselling Lady Sherlock series.Īfter feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty’s perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding. A Conspiracy in Belgravia, September 2017
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