Join Harriet White in 1930’s London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett.
After a very close call on the Norfolk Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street. Until she discovers a letter in The Times newspaper challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world’s greatest detective, by solving an impossible mystery.
The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the following seven days. There will be no further
clues – Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate.
Dismissing the letter as a prank, Harry goes about her business until news breaks of the theft of valuable jewel collection from a safe in an apparently locked room in a Mayfair townhouse.
Intrigued in spite of her misgivings, Harry dons a disguise and investigates. But as she begins to unpick the puzzle, a body is found. And now, a stranger, and far more deadly mystery begins to unfold around her…
Holly Hepburn writes escapist, swoonsome fiction that sweeps her readers into idyllic locations, from her native Cornwall to the windswept beauty of Orkney. She has turned her hand to cosy crime inspired by Sherlock Holmes himself. Holly lives in leafy Hertfordshire with her adorable partner in crime, Luna the Labrador.
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My thoughts: I was very excited to read this and not remotely disappointed. Harry is an excellent detective and has a nose for crime. With the aid of her lawyer friend Oliver and former housemaid Beth she’s in and out of disguises and solving mysteries.
The theft of an extravagant diamond from the safe, supposedly the best place for it, comes with a bitter twist when the body of a missing girl is found in a secret room. Now it’s a theft and a murder.
Harry’s youngest brother is also in need of help (although he doesn’t know it), he’s got entangled with a nightclub dancer with a dubious history who’s been telling people she’s coming into some money soon. Not if Harry and her older brother Seb can help it. There will be no dashing off to Gretna Green here, no way.
Between her cases, she still has time to write to the other requests for aid as Holmes’ secretary. Unfortunately the great detective has retired to keep bees. Even if Moriarty is back. He’ll just have to make do with Holmes’ assistant. Tremendous fun.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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