Sandra de Helen

between 2.5 and 3. this is a solid little book, that's enjoyable and amusing. it's pretty well written, with some mistakes. (one is a weird tense change that is super awkward and really should have been caught.) i really liked all of the environmental and animal welfare stuff she weaved in throughout the story, and always like when the setting is my city. at first i found shirley kind of insufferable, but she started to grow on me by the end, and either way seemed true to being a sherlock throwback. i don't know much about sherlock holmes, but i did read the hound of the baskervilles so i can say that i thought all of the references to that one were well done. i hope she keeps writing these.… (mehr)