This is my first read by this author and will not be my last. Millett does a most creditable job of portraying Sherlock Holmes. I wasn't sure about that when I found this novel but I intend to look in others of the series. (This is the second in a series of several novels which are well researched). The author includes notes at the novel's close, chapter by chapter, to help the reader follow his train of thought. A good historical mystery should be well documented along with a complex plot that keeps the reader flipping pages. This one does.
Millett does a rather nice job of following Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style. (I had the feeling that he must have read every one of his Sherlock Holmes novels.) Anyway, this is well done and one does wonder over and over what happened to Holmes when he vanishes. Of course, the novel is about finding Holmes and unraveling what happened and why. Well done.
Millett does a rather nice job of following Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style. (I had the feeling that he must have read every one of his Sherlock Holmes novels.) Anyway, this is well done and one does wonder over and over what happened to Holmes when he vanishes. Of course, the novel is about finding Holmes and unraveling what happened and why. Well done.
