At this point, I think enough Cannonballers have written rave reviews about Sherry Thomas’ “Lady Sherlock Series”. Just read these books if the subject matter appeals to you at all. They are a treasure and I think that each one is better than the last. “The Hollow of Fear” is the third book in the series. I have to admit, again, that my Sherlock Holmes background is via Madonna’s ex husband and Benedict Cumberbatch. I, therefore, come at these books without a reference point for […]
Where are my Lady Sherlock fans?
I got a little thrill this year when I told Sherry Thomas on Twitter I was so excited for this book, and she liked my status. The Hollow of Fear is the third book in the Sherry Thomas series. For those who are fans of the slow burn romance between Lord Ingram and Charlotte Holmes, there are heartbreaking and breathtaking moments between those two. If that’s all we got, I would have been satisfied. There’s also a mystery involving Lady Ingram, who suddenly turns up […]
A mystery with a strong appreciation of food and Harrods
The novel starts with Inspector Treadles at a crime scene, happy to be solving crime on his own, away from Holmes and all that goes along with her, only to run into her and Lord Ingram outside the crime scene. From here, the novel backtracks six days to explain why Holmes and Lord Ingram ended up at a crime scene shortly after police discovery. Lord Bancroft had asked to meet with Charlotte at the end of the last novel, and they have this appointment early […]
More Than Just a Gender Swapping – The Novel is Filled With Interesting Women
I have never actually read an original Sherlock Holmes novel or story. I think we read a children’s version of The Hound of Baskerville at one point but it was definitely a simplified version since it was in 6th grade, during our second year of English language instruction at my German school (I of course was already fluent but it’s not like there was an alternative course I could have taken so it made more sense for me to just be in the class with […]