Sherlock Holmes Adventure Art in the Blood, Book 1, (Paperback)

from vernefan

I would liked to have given this book more stars but found the writing not that good. I also found the character of Holmes unlikable. He was, through most of the book, nasty, sarcastic, and short tempered. In addition, althoughthe plot idea was decent, I found a lack of period detail. I did not f...

from unclebob53703

The author does a good job of capturing the period atmosphere, but the story is excessively grim, and the abuse visited upon the detective, especially at the end, borders on the ridiculous.

from LGandT

Both Holmes and Watson using swear words? No Americanized ones at that? No Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft distrusting one another, Sherlock cussing at Mycroft? No Mycroft accusing Sherlock of having 'feeling' for a woman? No Mycroft letting Sherlock sit in jail, allowing a fake case against him to c...

from siri51

A Sherlock mystery set in 1888 - hard to imagine he and Watson were only 35. Much violence and racing round in carriages, cocaine use and cryptic messages but of course murders solved.

from lostinalibrary

With no interesting cases to challenge him, Sherlock Holmes is bored and that means depression and cocaine. Watson is unable to help. But when a perfumed letter arrives written in disappearing ink and coincidentally a call from Holmes' brother Mycroft with a ‘request' that Sherlock uncover the wh...