Joy L. (vintagejoy) - reviewed on 9/17/2018 + 337 more book reviews

Certainly a new twist (and a quite ingenious one,) in the spin-off of Holmes mysteries. Since the title states that this is the daughter of Sherlock Holmes, just assume that she is. How she got to be is quite a different story. Joanna Blalock, the woman in question, becomes involved solving a case of an apparent suicide, which she feels was not. She teams up with the original John Watson and his son, Dr. John Watson Jr. and quite a team they make. The homicide detective is the son of Lestrade. So far he seems to be quite a bit more pleasant to work with. I enjoyed the book, it is a real page-turner. The only problem I had with it was that it seemed that the Sherlock Holmesiness of it was a bit much. It has been awhile since I have read any of the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories, but I don't seem to remember Holmes popping off with his deductions so frequently. In any case, it is a promising start to a new series and I will certainly be reading the next book.

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