The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ripper Legacy

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #21

by David Stuart Davies

A visit from the distraught Ronald Temple sets SHERLOCK HOLMES and Dr Watson on the hunt for a kidnapped child. With no ransom note and a sinister connection to the highest echelons of Victorian society, it becomes clear that it is no ordinary kidnapping, and soon the companions’ lives are in danger. What is the child’s true heritage? And what is the connection with the Whitechapel murders of a decade before?

Genres: Mystery, Detective, Fiction, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 19, 2016

About the author

David Stuart Davies was a British writer. He worked as a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies wrote extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. He was the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association, and a member of The Baker Street Irregulars and the Detection Club.

Reviews

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

David Stuart Davies latest addition to Titan's Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series is a ripper, pun completely intended.

Sherlock Holmes is asked to investigate the kidnapping of a child. This is no ordinary kidnapping, as he discovers when Mycroft becomes involved.

Some old enemies return and there are some new ones. All well written and well rounded.

Sherlockians will recognize the plot as a "what if" extension of a fairly well known Sherlock Holmes movie from the late 1970s.

The relationship between Holmes and Watson is pure ACD. No jarring notes here.

A worthwhile addition to any Sherlock Holmes collection. Highly recommended.

[Ramy · Rating 4 out of 5]

هذا الريفيو هو نفسه ريفيو لعدة قراءات مؤخرا ....
ابتكر د ارثر كونان دويل شخصية شيرلوك هولمز المحقق الاستشاري الخاص ذو قوة ملاحظة كالصقر و ذكاء حاد كالثعلب من تأثره ب شخصية استاذه فلان ...اللى مش فاكر اسمه دلوقتى ....عاش كونان دويل يكتب مغامرات هولمز كحلقات فى الجرائد و ينتظرها كل الانجليز و كل العالم ...حتى فى مرة زهق و اتجنّ و قام بقتل بطله الاشهر و جعلها حلقته الاخيرة ...لتثور عليه القراء و تطالبه باعادة انعاش هولمز و اعادته للحياة ...و فعل لعدة مغامرات لاحقة ...قبل ان يتوقف تماما بعد موت ابنه فى الحرب .. ليدخل فى مرحلة جديدة من الكتابة و الاهتمام ب جلسات تحضير الارواح و الماورائيات ....

لم يتوقف "هولمز" بعدها ل ثانية ....بل نشأ ليس كاتب آخر و انما جيل بل اجيال من الكتّاب لما يعرف ب الادب "الشيرلوكي" ...
انت كاتب تأثرت بكل روايات كونان دويل عن شيرلوك هولمز جيد جدا...أبتكر ل هولمز مغامرة جديد و اجعله يجري يمينا و يسارا و يفكر و يحارب و يخطط و يسخر من مفتشي سكوتلانديارد ....

قرات مؤخرا مثلا ...المجموعة لقصصية دي ل روبرت بار ....هى من قصتين فقط ...
المعركة الأخيرة (Paperback)
فكرتيهما جددية و ظريفة جدا ...
واحدة ماذا لو هبط هولمز فجاءة على اجتماع للمؤلف "كونان دويل" و الناشر " مش فاكر اسمه" و طالبهما ب نصيبه و حقه من المبيعات ...كيف سيتصرف مبتكر تفانين شياطين هولمز نفسه "د كونان" ليتخلص من صنيعته "هولمز" ؟

و الاخرى ...عن نسخة كوميدية من "شيرلوك هولمز " المحقق "شيرلو كومبس "
- لاحظ انك لو قرات الاسم بسرعة لحصلت على نفس موسيقى اسم شيرلوك هولمز -
والذى كان يسخر كعادته فى هذه القصة من ضباط سكوتلانديارد و قام باختلاق حل عبقري جدا لتفسير جريمة ما ...ليتضح فى النهاية ان الحل ...

و قرأت
‫شيرلوك هولمز سجين فوق العادة‬
هي النسخة العربية المترجمة من
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Improbable Prisoner‬
شيرلوك هولمز إرث جاك السفاح
هي النسخة العربية المترجمة من
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ripper Legacy‬
و إن كانت الاخيرة إرث جاك السفاح اكثر اثارة من سجين فوق العادة ..
هي المغامرة "الاولى" بعد عودة شيرلوك هولمز و د موريارتي التخيلية
بعد السقوط فى شلال ريتنباخ فى سويسرا

هم و غيرهم من سلسلة للادب الشيرلوكي
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1072...
كنز سأقرؤه تباعاً

الجميل فى كل تلك المغامرات الشيرلوكية "الغير اصلية" هى تأثر كاتبيها الشديد ب اسلوب د كونان دويل ....و تأثرهم ب كل اجواء ذلك العصر ...الاسماء ...الشوارع ...انواع السجائر ....انواع العربات التى تجرها الخيول ...حفظهم لكل تفاصيل حياة ...و اكل و شرب و لبس و سكن شيرلوك هولمز ... فلا تكاد تشعر ان انتاج د كونان دويل قد نضب ...فرصة جميلة لايقاظ بطلنا المفضل من ثباته مرة اخرى و الجري ورائه عبر الصفحات فى مغامرات اخرى عدة ....

الكتاب القادم : مذكرات رءوف غبور: خبرات ووصايا

[Stephen Robert Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jolly old Jack with his knife vs Sherlock Holmes bit of no Brains contest. David Stuart Davies on best Holmes writers next to Doyle.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I tend to like the Further Adventures series but this one was kind of like Sherlock Holmes Paint-by-the Numbers. Davies captures the feel of Conan Doyle but the actual "mystery" is threadbare and the Ripper is nothing more than title click bait.

[Nbar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve read all of Titan Books’ “Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” series of novels, including the three other books David Stuart Davies authored for the line. I’m bringing this up because I think my feelings about The Ripper Legacy are related to how many Sherlock Holmes sequels-by-other-hands I’ve read. I found myself disappointed by The Ripper Legacy not just as a novel but specifically as a Sherlock Holmes novel.

First of all, the novel is partially extracts from Dr. Watson’s papers, as is traditional in this kind of thing. Strangely, though, every second chapter is just straight prose with a third-person omniscient narrator who takes us to places of which Watson and sometimes Holmes have no knowledge. That’s not a grave sin, but think about it for a moment: one of the basic joys of Sherlock Holmes stories is usually following Dr. Watson’s description of the case. Holmes is a faster thinker than Watson, but Watson stands in for the audience. I know there are some Doyle stories narrated by Holmes, but there it’s only a slight shift to following Holmes as he pieces together the case. In The Ripper Legacy, on the other hand, we see people and events that illuminate the mystery before Holmes and Watson know anything about them.

But then, that’s probably because this novel isn’t actually a mystery, a decision I find somewhat baffling. Even the more action-driven Holmes adaptations like the Guy Ritchie movies are structured as a mystery. The question of what’s going on in this novel can be solved by the reader once you've read page 67. Briefly, the story takes place shortly after Holmes’ “return from the dead,” and involves a boy who has been kidnapped with no ransom note. It turns out that the mystery has something to do with the Jack the Ripper slayings of many years before, and specifically the conspiracy theory that the Ripper was trying to silence prostitutes aware of a secret heir to the British throne. I would put this in spoiler tags, but to be frank, this is described on page 67 of 234. If you can’t figure out how this explains everything that’s happened and everything that’s going to happen, then I suppose you’ll consider this a three-pipe problem requiring your utmost attention. Strangely enough, Holmes himself seems unsure that this is really what’s going on, but in the end, it totally is, 100%, so Holmes’ doubt is itself a red herring.

It could be argued that the real mystery is who is behind these events, a shadowy figure who we meet several times in the third-person omniscient chapters. The structure of the novel suggests that this is the case, since confirmation of the mastermind doesn’t come until quite late in the novel—or on page 144, assuming you’ve ever heard anything about Sherlock Holmes. Again, my objection isn’t in the content of this revelation, but in the use of it in the context of a Sherlock Holmes novel. If I sat you down before you ever opened this book, told you it was a Sherlock Holmes mystery, and asked you to brainstorm five people who might have dun it, you would definitely come up with the ultimate solution to this novel.

For me, then, the focus of the novel became the action, and the question of how Holmes and Watson will achieve their aims of saving the good and punishing the bad. It does resemble an action movie, because absent a few twists with secondary characters, it’s just a question of logistics. These are handled well, especially the action scenes, and there are some genuinely nice touches on elements of the Holmes stories, most notably a harrowing revisit to a character from an earlier story, which I found atmospheric and surprisingly distressing. There's an air of sadness and cynicism throughout the novel that is quite well-handled; Davies is portraying a Holmes who is no longer as idealistic as he once was, which fits with the grim facts of this case. Davies knows his Holmes, and the characters all work quite well together, but this novel just doesn’t work as a mystery nor as a Sherlock Holmes mystery. Davies writes well, but as a regular reader of the Further Adventures, this is a disappointment for me.

[Osman Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

قد أبدع الراحل ديڤيد ستيوارت ديڤيز في هذه الرواية، إرثٌ عجيب، نسلٌ أغرب، ورجلٌ مجهولٌ يتحكم في الخلفية.
من تراه يكون الرجل؟ وماذا هولمز بفاعل؟ وما هو الإرث؟
رواية أكثر من رائعة، لن تشعر بالوقت وأنت تمضي بين صفحاتها، مع ترجمة جميلة، وحبكة سريعة الوتيرة.
الرواية موازية لعالم هولمز، لكن أنصح بالقراءة بعد إنهاء عالم هولمز الأصلي الي حبَكَه السير دويل. حتى تفهم شتَّى الخيوط.

[Bev · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ripper Legacy (2016) by David Stuart Davies takes place not long after Sherlock Holmes has returned from his "demise" at the Reichenbach Falls. It involves Holmes and Watson in a kidnapping case that has baffled the authorities. Young William Temple wandered away from his mother and his nanny while at Kensington Gardens. The women lose sight of him near the Round Pond and the next they see him, he is in the distance--being dragged from the park by two men. Charlotte Temple did not get a good look at the men and there has been no ransom demand, so the police have had no luck tracing the boy. Holmes himself hold out little hope to the distraught parents, but promises to do his best.

Gradually, he discovers slender clues that lead him from the Temple's upper class home to a disreputable orphanage to the dark alleyways of White Chapel. Those clues also lead him to suspect a connection with the unsolved murders of Jack the Ripper and his investigations into the child's true heritage reveals a plot meant to shake the very foundations of Britain. With Watson at his side, he must face a formidable foe hiding beneath the Tower Bridge.



*******Spoiler Territory: Read on at your own risk********

The Ripper Legacy is a bit of disappointment. While Davies does get the atmosphere of Victorian England right and has a good grasp of the Holmes/Watson relationship, he really doesn't provide much that is new in the Ripper connection--except to produce a very unoriginal motive behind the murders with a very tiny twist--and he trots out a very tired Holmes pastiche trope. And--like others who have reviewed this on Goodreads, I was not enamored with the multiple viewpoints. It's a Homes story--let Watson tell it; don't keep bouncing us around from Watson's diaries to the kidnappers to the people behind the kidnappers to Mycroft and back again.

Anyone with much knowledge of the Ripper killings has to know that Prince Eddy has featured as a possible suspect or behind-the-scenes player in the horrific murders. And I get very tired of the resuscitation of Moriarty. Seriously--it's enough suspension of disbelief to accept that Holmes survived that meeting at the Falls. To have Holmes watch Moriarty plunge into that chasm (per the canon) and then bring him back to life (in various ways by various authors) is a bit much. I honestly would have enjoyed this one more if he had done something new and interesting with the Ripper story line instead of rehashing previous theories and a much-used Holmes pastiche plot device. ★★ --for the atmosphere and Holmes/Watson dynamic.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

A kidnapped child may seem like a perfect case for Sherlock Holmes but when Mycroft reveals a governmental secret connected to the case, Holmes realises that the stakes are even higher than he could imagine.

Davies' novel is fast paced and contains a few nice homages to the Doyle canon.

[Ken B · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 STARS

The story was pretty good. But, one key piece of evidence really made no sense to me.

[Toby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unread shelf project 2022: book 18.

*throws book down in dismay upon reading the final page*

Well, THAT was a depressing story.

(That’s literally what happened.)

Holmes and Watson felt very human and very imperfect in this novel. I enjoy the “further adventures” of Holmes as imagined by various different authors but this… this one was just odd. Very depressing. Holmes didn’t seem as clever or as quick on the uptake. It was odd.

[آلـاء. · Rating 3 out of 5]

كأول قراءة له، جيدة جدا، الأسلوب، الحوارات، مرورا بالأحداث إلى الخاتمة
إلا أني تمنيت خاتمة مشوّقة أكثر :)

مؤكد لن تكون القراءة الأخيرة.

[Marina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I am a very big fan of Sherlock Holmes stories and I quite enjoy the new ones that are written these days. Some of them are set in modern times, some are authentical as much as possible. Many authors try to write in Artur Conan Doyle's style, but very few can do it successfully. I think that David Stuart Davies did a really good job here, including real facts to spice up a fictional story.

This time, the great detective and his companion are contacted by a desperate father whose son has been kidnapped. The father is rich, but he has no political influence or well-known enemies who would do such a horrible thing. Also, there is no call for ransom. Who has kidnapped the innocent child?

The investigation leads Sherlock Holmes and D-r Watson far more than they expected. The kidnapping of the child is just the beginning of the bigger conspiracy. A conspiracy that can affect the throne and change the history of England.

While reading the book, I was little sceptical about certain things, like the use of the telephone. But after googling the history of the telephone in UK, I've found it quite plausible. Not sure that private homes had telephones at that time, but that didn't stop me enjoying the story. Also including Jack the Ripper in the story was a quite interesting moment. And, no, I won't reveal more.

The Ripper Legacy is one new further adventure of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend D-r Watson. Well-written, full of conspiracy theories and twists and turnovers, it captures your attention till the very last page. If you love mysteries and conspiracies, get ready for an adventure. Because reading this book is a real adventure.

[TheRavenking · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper are two of the most famous characters to have lived in Victorian times, so what would be more natural than staging an encounter between them?

The idea of Holmes solving the Ripper murders is relatively old. Many Sherlockians believe that he was involved in the investigations but either failed to catch the killer or unravelled something particularly sinister and was therefore forbidden to share his knowledge. Often it is implied that the reason Dr. Watson did not record this case lies in its controversy. There are various conspiracy theories surrounding the Ripper murders. David Stuart Davies has used one of these for his latest pastiche.

The seemingly simple case of a kidnapped child leads Holmes and Watson to a conspiracy connected to the Whitechapel murders.

The beginning of the book is very gripping. Unfortunately once the bigger picture becomes clear, which happens after only one third of the narrative is over the story loses much of its momentum. The main problem is that Davies’ theory is such an old hat, that you are left wondering why anyone would even bother writing up this story again (If you have seen the movie Murder By Decree or are familiar with Alan Moore’s From Hell you’ll know what I mean), and while the author does insert some new elements these turn out to be rather predictable as well.

It is entertaining enough, if taken as an adventure thriller, but the lack of originality is really disappointing.

The definitive Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack The Ripper novel has yet to be written, as I am afraid this is not it.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spoilers:

I'm giving this Four-stars simply because I have the same problem with this story as I do with Horowitz's Moriarty (ie, the plot-twist seems like cheap writing to me). However, the overall story is so much better than Moriarty that I can forgive Davies easier and I have to admit Davies handles it the best I've seen.

I mostly didn't mind the changing points of views except for times when a cliff-hanger ended in one POV and then the next chapter backtracks to explain the cliffhanger in another POV. Other than that, I thought it was handled well.

There were a few times when I felt that certain words or descriptions didn't feel era-appropriate, but mostly it was good. There were definitely nods to BBC's Sherlock throughout the book, which depending on how you feel about the series could either be found humorous or annoying.

Mycroft was the character I had the most problems with. He was too active. He popped up too many places and was too involved outside of the Diogenes Club. One time would have been find, but he kept showing up and I found that a little hard to believe.

I was as horrified by the ending as Holmes and Watson, and experienced genuine edge-of-my-seat moments throughout the story. Although the writing style doesn't feel like ACD, that didn't hinder my enjoyment of the story. As you can see, I had some minor issues with the story, but overall it was an enjoyable mystery and a pretty good pastiche.

[Antar Jabareen · Rating 3 out of 5]

تبدأ الرواية بتقدم السيد تيمبل لزيارة منزل هولمز ويطلب منه ان يبحث عن ابنه ابن الثمان سنوات الذي تم اختطافه وذلك بعد أن يئس من الشرطة.
يلبي الطلب رغم أنه غير مقتنع بجدوى الأمر. يبدأ في التحقيق فيجد أن الابن من صورته لا يشبه أحد والديه فيتحقق من الأمر فتعترف له الام انه ابنهما بالتبني والطفل لا يعلم.
يبدأ هولمز بالجري وراء هذا الخيط لتبدأ المغامرة الكبيرة .
فالطفل ابن غير شرعي لأحد النبلاء وهو يعد أحد ورثة عرش انجلترا ومعرفة انه ابن غير شرعي ستثير بلبلة كبيرة وتطيح بالملكية والنظام كله.
دائما كان المجرمين يسبقونه في تخطيطهم بخطوات وهي يجري خلفه لكشف الخطة.
يتم طلب فدية مليون ليرة استرليني من الحكومة للتكتم عن الفضيحة وعدم نشرها.
فيهذه الاثناء يتقدم مايكرافت بالطلب من اخيه التدخل بتكليف من الحكومة لكشف اللغز وحل الجريمة.
مع تقدم الاحداث يظهر ان هناك تورط لرجال نافذين بهذه الجريمة ساعدوا رأس العصابة على تنفيذ مخططه منهم محقق في سكوتلاند يارد ورجل في الحكومة.
يكتشف هولمز الحقيقة ويمنع التهديد لكن راس العصابة ينجح في الهروب . ويكون رأس العصابة هو مورياتي غريم هولمز اللدود.
يتم انقاذ الطفل وعلاجه وأخذه الى مكان سري تحت رقابة الحكومة.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay but it had almost nothing to do with Jack the Ripper. I am sick of being suckered into reading something that supposedly has a strong Jack the Ripper connection in it and finding out it doesn't. I will also say that as an ordinary mystery this was pretty good, though somewhat predictable, but as a Sherlock Holmes mystery it was disappointing. I only gave it three stars because I didn't think it deserved two - it wasn't that bad.

[Lila · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really disappointing. Anyone who knows anything about Jack the Ripper would find the plot connection to be unbelievable. And if you visit the Tower of London area, take the Jack the Ripper tour (offered with the tour buses). The history lesson is worth it. The story's dialog is wooden, it lacks the charm of the Holmes stories, and the ending is a downer. Holmes would never allow a child to be separated from his adopted parents.

[Chris Wood · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story is entertaining however the title is misleading, don't expect Jack the ripper to appear the mention of him is very vague. The problem with the book is that Holmes is simply NOT Holmes, I find this very disappointing when the author is apparently a Holmes expert, in this book he is portrayed as emotional and clumsy he staggers through the case making self recognised mistakes at every turn. This is the first Sherlock book I have read by this author, I am not encouraged to try another.

[Phil Howard · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe the weakest link in "the Further Adventures" series of Sherlock Homes stories published by Titan Books that I have read thus far. The plot has no depth; many points brought up along the way are never integrated back as things develop. More like a comic book plot than that of a novel. I will probably not read the other books in this series by this author.

[Dakota · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is so unbelievably bad - in a very entertaining way, though. I was very entertained because it was bad, but it’s not a good book any way other than that.
The ending is so funny to me.... they don’t even get him... and the Plot Twist is so stupid and unoriginal it was Amazing
I should have known it would be a bad book when I saw it was dedicated to Mark Gatiss..

[Calvin Daniels · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was rolling along as a very would 4, and then the author slumped back on a much over used crutch if SH pastiches in terms of the mastermind in the shadows crashing to the final chapters to the 2.5range. Such a good start spoiled.

[Youssef Tarek · Rating 4 out of 5]

الرواية فعلا رائعة و مُلِمة بعالم شيرلوك هولمز من نواحي كتير اوي. الاحداث منطقية جدا من وجهة نظري و كانت اكتر حاجة منطقية و حلوة نهاية الرواية.
ترجمة كيرلس فعلا مُبهرة، و احيانا و انا بقرأ كنت بنسى انها رواية مُترجمة، دا يدل على احتراف المُترجم، و فعلا استمتعت بها جدا.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a goodreads win. Very enjoyable fast paced read. Very much written in the style of Conan Doyle. Would certainly read more of these books.

[Richard Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining, brisk read. I enjoyed it. I didn't love it, but it's all good.

One of the great pleasures in reading pastiche/continuations/fan fiction like this (or Star Trek or Buffy or whatever) is already being familiar with settings and characters and the general context. The story, which is the center of genre fiction like this, can take off immediately. There is no unnecessary throat-clearing or exposition, and skipping past that makes the story gallop from the start. And if the author does a good job of recreating the characters, as David Stuart Davies does here, you have the pleasure of joining your long-time literary friends on another adventure. This feels like the genuine Sherlock with the real Watson.

All of that makes this and many similar books in this series a real pleasure for Sherlock fans.

This story involves a kidnapping and a dangerous connection with the royal family that extends back to the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. An old villain makes an appearance. And Mycroft needs Sherlock's help. Good stuff. The elements work well, and the action is everything you want in such a book.

The ending is logical, and admittedly similar to others found in the original canon, butt doesn't entirely satisfy me, which is why I didn't love it. Sure, it's okay. It's not cheating. But it reminds me a little of the end of Raiders of the Lost Arc. I wanted to see what happened after the end. Maybe there'll be a sequel and we'll circle back a bit.

I hope so.

Anyway, I still liked it, quite a bit actually, and I definitely recommend it. Particularly, of course, for Sherlock fans.

[Samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have never been so mad at a book that I wasn't emotionally invested in. This one at least was written better than any other in this series ("The Further Adventures" etc.), up until the very last chapter.

The bulk of the story was fast-paced, and much in line with the original (despite the additional perspectives), which I enjoyed. However, the ending was a complete cop-out and not at all in line with Holmes's, Watson's, or even Mycroft's character. Without spoiling anything, suffice it to say that with a tiny amount of effort, and just a few additional pages, Davies could have written a much more satisfying and believable conclusion given the characters involved. It's as if he ran out of time/imagination and simply wrote the easiest conclusion anyone could've come up with.

I truly wish I could have the last few hours of my life back and had never read this drivel in the first place!!! 0 stars!

[Shabbeer Hassan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Davies captured the victorian atmosphere and got the Holmes/Watson dynamic correctly, though both characters felt noticeably more cynical, bitter and world weary in this book set in post Reichenbach Falls period.
What didn't click for me is that this one reads more like an action thriller than a proper mystery, which was my expectation going in. The paper thin conspiracy was telegraphed early on, and the mastermind's identity was rather predictable if one knows anything about Holmes lore. That's why the ending, while fitting the dark mood due to its bitter conclusion, felt inevitable rather than surprising.

My Rating - 3/5

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a sucker for Sherlock Holmes and this story, written by David Stuart Davies, is true to form fan fiction. Davies is an expert on his subject (Holmes) so this book fits easily within the canon of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Highly recommend to anyone addicted to post-industrial smoky urban crime fiction.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! It was easy to read and exciting the whole way through. I was especially drawn in because the case revolved around an adoption story. The ending was a bit disappointing, but it was a good read nonetheless. I will definitely look up the other books in this series!

[Thxlbx · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars.

Had some interesting moments, but the case was not particularly complex and we really don't get to see Sherlock be Sherlock. Instead, he races around London chasing the villian and saving Dr. Watson. Paced more like an action story than a detective story.

[Vernon Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to go wrong with Sherlock Holmes! David Stuart Davies does a great job with the legendary detective. This was a great mystery, with a dark mood. The ending left me sad, but it was the best way for the story to conclude…