Anthony Horowitz has wonderfully captured the tone and feel of Conan Doyle's Sherlock adventures and included in this copy is an afterword by Horowitz, where he explains his reasons for wanting to take on the challenge and his ten rules he went by in order to ensure he kept it true to the original stories.
I loved the clever premise for this book - it is narrated by an elderly Dr Watson, who is writing the story long after the death of his friend Sherlock. He delayed writing about this adventure at the time due to the scandalous and distressing nature of the tale. He then instructed for the manuscript to be put in a safe for 100 years - hence why we are just reading it now.
Sherlock's unique take on the world and crime solving is all present and correct as two narratives are developed and spun together in a completely engrossing way. Not to give the plot away, it involves a Boston street gang, stolen paintings, the mysterious House of Silk and oh yeah, Sherlock Homes being accused of murder!
While reading this, I was always a little worried that the plot wouldn't live up to the Holmes legacy but NO FEAR it is superb. Deserves to be filed on the bookshelf next to all the other Conan Doyle tales.
Yes this book must be filled with mysteries.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alyinwanderland.com/2020/08/how-i-style-my-crop-top-over-distressed.html