I can't claim to be an expert in Sherlock Holmes, so I can't judge Larry Millett's version as in-keeping, or otherwise, with the genre of Holmes also-rans, but it kept my attention and benefited from the narration by Steve Hendrickson. The Sherlock Holmes of this novel is a much older, less fit ve...
For my reviews of the first two books in this series, please check out SH and the Red Demon and SH and the Ice Palace Murders. I never seem to be able to remember when I'm reading this book if this or Ice Palace was the book I started this series with. I do know I read this before Red Demon as a m...
When I first heard of Sherlock Holmes visiting St. Paul and America, I was extremely skeptical. I also didn't realize it was a series and so read this, the second book, first. Actually, though I never do this, I suggest starting with this one, as I think it's the better written and for a good deal o...
So sad to see all the beautiful mansions and houses that once stood proudly on the streets of St. Paul and Minneapolis, now gone forever.
Thank you Netgalley and University of Minnesota Press for the advanced copy.I was torn whether to rate this book with 3 or 4 stars, so I will give it a strong 3.5 rating."Strongwood" is strictly based on the true life of Adelaide Strongwood. Addie, as she preferred to be acknowledged as, was a youn...
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