Vicki I. (vickipansy) - , reviewed Elementary, She Read (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop, Bk 1) on + 4 more book reviews
I thoroughly enjoyed this first book in a series. The Bookshop owner has deductive powers similar to Sherlock Holmes, although she is not one of his fans.
You'll fall in love with the characters and the swift pace that brings you to the most enjoyable twist of a conclusion.
This copy is new and never read. I got a library version and found it more comfortable for my arthritic hands to hold. So, enjoy. If you already have a copy, why not get it for a friend, to send them on a fun excursion into a whole new side of Sherlock thinking.
Vicki
You'll fall in love with the characters and the swift pace that brings you to the most enjoyable twist of a conclusion.
This copy is new and never read. I got a library version and found it more comfortable for my arthritic hands to hold. So, enjoy. If you already have a copy, why not get it for a friend, to send them on a fun excursion into a whole new side of Sherlock thinking.
Vicki
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
Very good, looking forward to the next one and hoping for more information about events before this book. Love Violet and Moriarty, even tho' I wish he would warm up to Gemma. Maybe in later stories.
Brenda H. (booksinvt) -
Elementary, She Read is the first installment in the A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series featuring Gemma Doyle, an English transplant who is the co-owner of Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium located in the cozy small town of West London on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Gemma co-owns the Bookshop with her Great Uncle Arthur, an avid Sherlock Holmes collector and together they own a share of Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room the adjacent tea and pastry shop run by Gemma's best friend, Jayne Wilson.
Shortly after a tourist group of shopping ladies leaves the store Gemma begins to straighten the shelves and discovers what she thinks may be a rare edition of Beeton's Christmas Annual, published in 1887 and featuring Holmes first story. Gemma has an uncanny ability to remember details and she recalls a small woman who'd come in to the store holding a white shopping bag. Finding the bag in the trash, she also uncovers a postcard from a nearby hotel. Determined to locate the woman and find out why she'd left the magazine in her shop, Gemma sets out with Jayne and soon discovers the woman dead in her hotel room.
Under suspicion for the woman's murder, Gemma has no choice but to investigate on her own. Helped by ex boyfriend turned Detective, Ryan Ashburton and hindered by his partner Detective Louise Estrada, Gemma soon discovers a tangled web surrounding the magazine.
A fast paced storyline with a surprise ending and an interesting cast of characters.
Shortly after a tourist group of shopping ladies leaves the store Gemma begins to straighten the shelves and discovers what she thinks may be a rare edition of Beeton's Christmas Annual, published in 1887 and featuring Holmes first story. Gemma has an uncanny ability to remember details and she recalls a small woman who'd come in to the store holding a white shopping bag. Finding the bag in the trash, she also uncovers a postcard from a nearby hotel. Determined to locate the woman and find out why she'd left the magazine in her shop, Gemma sets out with Jayne and soon discovers the woman dead in her hotel room.
Under suspicion for the woman's murder, Gemma has no choice but to investigate on her own. Helped by ex boyfriend turned Detective, Ryan Ashburton and hindered by his partner Detective Louise Estrada, Gemma soon discovers a tangled web surrounding the magazine.
A fast paced storyline with a surprise ending and an interesting cast of characters.
Linda R. (wolfie123) - , reviewed Elementary, She Read (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop, Bk 1) on + 421 more book reviews
A new series....enjoyed the introduction of Gemma Doyle, transplanted Englishwoman who runs a bookstore on Cape Cod....she must clear her name when she becomes the prime suspect in a murder....
Looking forward to next installment in the series!
Looking forward to next installment in the series!
