Genre: Mystery
Age Group; Adult
Sherlock Holmes lovers, this book is for you! It follows a girl named Mary Russell, who literally stumbles across Holmes and ends up as his apprentice. Her mind is every bit a match for his and she eventually becomes his assistant, helping him to solve cases. The main case in the book is quite perplexing, confounding even Holmes. He and Mary cannot figure out who is after them or why. There have been clumsy attempts on both of their lives as well as Watson's, but yet their opponent appears to be quite brilliant, leaving no useful evidence behind. They must figure out who their opponent is and stop them before they get killed trying.
I was extremely impressed at how the author portrayed Holmes. He was the same Holmes that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew, and yet he was different. Mary explains several times that Watson tends to romanticize Holmes and that his accounts were often inaccurate, as he didn't really understand what Holmes was up to. It really was like seeing an old friend though new eyes. The book was very much in the spirit of Doyle's great work, without feeling like a copycat.
Recommendation: I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone!
You win, I read it. And then you win again because I loved it. :)
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