Latrama (Hardcover): El Caso del Secretario Italiano (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

from stringcat3

Hmmn. I really wanted to like this pastiche, as it uses the infamous murder of David Rizzio, Mary Queen of Scots' personal secretary, as a plot device. But come on, Caleb - what were you waiting for? Things don't get going for the first 90 (of 266) pages - lots of blather among Holmes, Watson and...

from jawalter

I got about three quarters of the way through the book before realizing that I'd read it before some years ago. Normally, I'd blame this on my own shoddy memory, but I think this is a case of the book just not being very memorable. While the book isn't bad, per se, Carr adds nothing to the Holmes...

from BooksForDinner

Nothing great, nothing terrible... I was a little surprised at some of the things Carr did with the main characters... Mycroft comes across as average intelligence at best, Holmes is pretty bland, and Watson is seems the sharpest of the three--all three different than portrayed in the originals. ...

from Keeline

Although I liked two other Carr books, I found this one extremely disappointing. I am a fan of Holmes and read modern books starring his character when I can. The cover of this one was great and I was hopeful since I knew the author from The Alienist but it didn't work for me at all. The plot was...

from csweder

Carr is fast rising the list of authors I really adore. For Christmas, I asked for "Caleb Carr" books, and I must say, I was a bit nervous when I saw that this was a "Sherlock Holmes" book--I feared (ungrounded I now know) that while attempting to write in a Doyle-ish style, Carr might not be abl...