Sunday, November 10, 2013

A Study in Silks


Sherlock Holmes’s niece Evelina is trying to enter high society and solve a steampunk/sorcery case at the same time without getting herself into a whole heap of trouble.  Of course she ends up in a heap of trouble.  Oh, and she’s magical, but shhhh, it’s a secret.  And she grew up in a circus.  But we’re keeping that under our hats as well. I really enjoyed reading this story and it wasn’t until after I finished that I took the time to think through all of the craziness that author Emma JaneHolloway had just passed under my nose with a “just go with it” attitude.  Now I think that marks a good author: that they get you to buy into their crazy without realizing it.  Two more books, A Study in Darkness and A Study in Ashes will most likely make their way into my “to read” collection.

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