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Cargando... Art in the Blood (2015)por Bonnie MacBird
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The author does a good job of capturing the period atmosphere, but the story is excessively grim, and the abuse visited upon the detective, especially at the end, borders on the ridiculous. ( ) Sherlock Holmes is contacted by Mlle La Victorie, a French cabaret singer whose son has disappeared. But it seems that the missing child has links to the theft of a valuable statue. Now Holmes and Dr. Watson must find both the child and the statue. I think I must stop reading Sherlock Holmes books, at least those not written by Arthur Conan Doyle or Laurie R. King. It feels like every single Sherlock Holmes book I have read lately just doesn't work for me. Often Sherlock Holmes just doesn't feel like Sherlock Holmes, some small changes to him, adjust him to fit the story that is written. Sherlock Holmes in this book was not that bad portrayed and I'm thankful for that. But I struggled with the story, I just couldn't get interested in it. I endured it because I wanted to know the ending and because it wasn't a thick book. But I can't say I enjoyed the book that much. It just lacked something vital for me and frankly, it dragged on way too much for being that interesting to read. I did find Dr. Watson a bit less annoying than usual. Sometimes they make him out to be a bit thickheaded, but in this book, I actually found him quite OK. But on the plus side, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson worked for me, well at least more than I'm used to lately when it comes to Sherlock Holmes pastiches. The downside; the story was not that good. But I loved the cover! Thanks to Collins Crime Club and Edelweiss for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! Sherlock Holmes is contacted by Mlle La Victorie, a French cabaret singer whose son has disappeared. But it seems that the missing child has links to the theft of a valuable statue. Now Holmes and Dr. Watson must find both the child and the statue. I think I must stop reading Sherlock Holmes books, at least those not written by Arthur Conan Doyle or Laurie R. King. It feels like every single Sherlock Holmes book I have read lately just doesn't work for me. Often Sherlock Holmes just doesn't feel like Sherlock Holmes, some small changes to him, adjust him to fit the story that is written. Sherlock Holmes in this book was not that bad portrayed and I'm thankful for that. But I struggled with the story, I just couldn't get interested in it. I endured it because I wanted to know the ending and because it wasn't a thick book. But I can't say I enjoyed the book that much. It just lacked something vital for me and frankly, it dragged on way too much for being that interesting to read. I did find Dr. Watson a bit less annoying than usual. Sometimes they make him out to be a bit thickheaded, but in this book, I actually found him quite OK. But on the plus side, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson worked for me, well at least more than I'm used to lately when it comes to Sherlock Holmes pastiches. The downside; the story was not that good. But I loved the cover! Thanks to Collins Crime Club and Edelweiss for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! 1888 Mlle La Victoire asks for Holmes help as her son, Emil, that was fathered by the married Earl of Pellingham has disappeared. But is there a connection between that and the theft of a valuable statue, or even the murder of children from a silk mill in Lancashire. An enjoyable historical mystery, a good start to the series. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Londres. Un nevado diciembre de 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, languidece y ha vuelto a la cocaína después de una desastrosa investigación del Destripador. Watson tampoco puede consolar ni animar a su amigo, hasta que una carta codificada extrañamente llega desde París. Mlle La Victoire, una hermosa estrella francesa de cabaret escribe que su hijo ilegítimo de un lord inglés ha desaparecido, y ella ha sido atacada en las calles de Montmartre. Al llegar rápidamente a París con Watson a su lado, Holmes descubre que el niño desaparecido es solamente la punta del iceberg de un problema mucho mayor. La estatua más valiosa desde la Victoria Alada ha sido violentamente robada en Marsella, y varios niños pertenecientes al molino de seda en Lancashire han sido encontrados muertos. Las pistas en los tres casos señalan a un único hombre, intocable. ¿Se recuperará a tiempo Will Holmes para encontrar al niño desaparecido y detener una oleada de asesinatos? Para hacerlo debe ir un paso adelante de un peligroso rival francés y la amenazadora interferencia de su propio hermano, Mycroft. Esta última aventura, al estilo de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, envía al icónico dúo desde Londres hasta París y a los fríos terrenos agrestes de Lancashire en un caso que prueba al límite la amistad de Watson y la fragilidad y los talentos de la propia naturaleza artística de Sherlock Holmes. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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