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The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

by Caleb Carr

3.06 · rating details · 1,785 ratings · 241 reviews

Caleb Carr’s novel, The Alienest, was a blockbuster international bestseller and positioned its author as a modern master of the historical thriller. Now, Carr reaches back further, to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer’s hands…

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Published October 27th 2009 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published 2005)

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Aug 11, 2009

Brad rated it

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The Italian Secretary is a pretty sweet piece of Sherlock Holmes apocrypha. There have been a number of attempts to write Holmes by authors other than Doyle, and those attempts have achieved varying degrees of success -- some dreadful and some impressive. Caleb Carr's attempt falls between these extremes, although it is tilted more toward the impressive end of the teeter-totter.

Carr does a fine job of capturing Holmes' rhythms and personality, and one never feels like one's reading a...more

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Sep 22, 2008

Tyas rated it

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Number one, the translation caused me a headache.

The translation aside, this book is disappointing: the case might be 'sensational' and 'sadistic', but the way the case is solved did not satisfy me. I think that there are still questions left unanswered. And seriously, those ghosts are unnecessary, something like disturbing Holmes' world of logic. The ghosts would fit a Professor Challenger story, but in Italian Secretary it only boiled down to raised eyebrows (of the reader, whic...more

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Apr 13, 2009

Snowfire rated it

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Conflicted thoughts here. Short version: Style is good, Watson's authorial voice is good, general overview of the plot is good. However, using Mycroft as a character still has problems, the spiritual / ghost angle ends up being lame IMHO, and - worst of all- the last quarter of the book has too many silly things and dumb yet irrelevant plot turns. Silly in a bad way. The final confrontation is also... bah.

So... rewrite the last quarter of the book to get the same point across b...more

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May 06, 2011

Jennifer Petkus rated it

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I had such high hopes for The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. My husband surprised me with it just after I had started to renew my addiction to Holmes and had read several mentions of it at the Sherlock Holmes Social Network.

Of course, those mentions were not generally favorable, but the setting of a murder at the Royal Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland sounded so inviting. Here’s the basic plot: After several assassination attempts on Queen Victoria, Holmes and Watson are bro...moreI had such high hopes for The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. My husband surprised me with it just after I had started to renew my addiction to Holmes and had read several mentions of it at the Sherlock Holmes Social Network.

Of course, those mentions were not generally favorable, but the setting of a murder at the Royal Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland sounded so inviting. Here’s the basic plot: After several assassination attempts on Queen Victoria, Holmes and Watson are brought to Holyrood Palace at the instigation of Holmes’ brother Mycroft (who as we know sometimes is the government). A recent assassination attempt, first dismissed as a simple desire for notoriety, now appears as though it might be related to the jockeying of power between England and Germany. At the same time, two men are killed very brutally during renovations at Holryood Palace, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland.

And during the train ride there, Holmes and Watson are attacked by a very inefficient bomber who looks and sounds too much like MacAdder, Edmund Blackadder’s mad Scottish cousin — “the maddest man to wear a skirt in Europe.” The bomber shouts, “We’ll nae let ye muhrder more Scots patriots.”

Add to this mix the story of David Rizzio, an Italian courtier who became the private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, who was murdered when Mary’s husband Lord Darnley joined a conspiracy of nobles jealous of Rizzio’s relationship with Mary. The murder occurred in Holyrood Palace and supposedly there is a blood stain in a room of a ruined tower — the same tower being renovated — that never dries where Rizzio’s body lay. OK, good stuff, I have goosebumps just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, all these elements are just thrown against the wall to see what sticks, especially a very uncharacteristic Holmes who throughout the entire book seems preoccupied with the supernatural. Now, I enjoy reading books and watching TV and movies about the supernatural, even though I am very skeptical of the paranormal in the real world. But I really don’t like the idea of Holmes courting the supernatural. He is the embodiment of reason; ghosts need not apply. Of course, I have to give allowances because the author originally wrote this story as part of a collection of new supernatural-themed Holmes stories, The Ghosts of Baker Street. But the story grew too large to be included in the collection.

And it shows. There are too many red herrings and long expositions that really don’t advance the plot, especially the cryptic message that Holmes and Watson receive that start the case. It’s true that Conan Doyle often included legends and history that sometimes overwhelmed the main story, but his usual pattern was to deal with it succinctly or at length. In The Italian Secretary, the back stories are just long enough to feel like padding or the author getting carried away.

Despite these critiques, the relationship between Holmes and Watson seems solid. In fact, Watson fairly shines and shows he’s absorbed quite of lot of the master detective’s methods.

And I’m of two minds about the climactic ending, which seems a little too much like Assault on Precinct 13, where Holmes and Watson must defend the palace from an all out assault. At times the action seems gripping and at other times absurd when you realize a royal palace has been left largely unguarded. There is, however, a very logical reason it is unguarded, but it still seems absurd.

Do I recommend The Italian Secretary? Of course I do. Despite the bad taste in my mouth of a Holmes who seems far too gullible and the unnecessary intrusion of a “real” supernatural character in the story (I prefer the MacGyver episode where we hear a bone-chilling howl after our mulleted hero has defeated the large man pretending to be Bigfoot), it’s still a fun read with a great premise. Caleb Carr is a very good writer, this is just a minor but still entertaining effort.(less)

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Jan 30, 2011

Lisa rated it

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It's always difficult when you read a book that an author has written in a style faithful to an original work. There's often a sense of forced effort in bringing that different voice out; it's too easy to go over the top in attempting to recreate a style that is not the author's own.

In this case, Carr does tap into the expected Sherlock Holmes plot points, with the usual conclusions drawn from observation and mentions of previous cases, and the Watson created is generally well done....more

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Dec 28, 2010

Catherine rated it

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I was a huge fan of the "The Alienist" and its prequel "Angel of Darkness," so I had very high expectations for this book. While Carr does a good job of capturing the voice and style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and masterfully describes the haunting bleakness of nineteenth century Scotland, I find Carr's own style, set forth with such skill in "The Alienist" and "Angel of Darkness," much more engaging. Somehow, "the Italian Secretary," never real...more

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Sep 17, 2010

Dana Kujan rated it

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I loved "The Alienist," passed it around my family, so I had really high expectations for Carr's take on Holmes. I have never been so disappointed! I hated this book so much by page 50 that I started writing post-it notes to myself and slapping them on the most offensive pages.

Page 83: Why are we still on the damn train!? We've spent 50 pages sitting. On a train. I know Mycroft's a big ol' potato, but Sherlock should have to stretch his legs. And what of Watson's leg wound?...more

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May 30, 2010

Bruce rated it

Picking up his pen and writing a Sherlock Holmes story, as have so many authors since ACD published his collection so many years ago, Carr’s editorial comments in his early chapters seem to suggest that he is using this device in part to create a narrative about terrorism and the domestic response to it, no surprise given his concern about this issue that resulted in his non-fiction work of 2002, The Lessons of Terror, a work that I found troubling in its implications, espousing as it did preemp...morePicking up his pen and writing a Sherlock Holmes story, as have so many authors since ACD published his collection so many years ago, Carr’s editorial comments in his early chapters seem to suggest that he is using this device in part to create a narrative about terrorism and the domestic response to it, no surprise given his concern about this issue that resulted in his non-fiction work of 2002, The Lessons of Terror, a work that I found troubling in its implications, espousing as it did preemptive military offensives as the primary and indeed preferred response to perceived threats, a response that seemed to me at the time I read it to be insufficiently nuanced and excessively limited in its perspective. The non-fiction book also contained, in my opinion, odd and unsubstantiated ideas about the role of civilians as objects of terrorism. But as I picked up this present novel I decided to suspend my skepticism and let him work out his plot and argument before judging either its credibility or his skill in setting it forth.

Although each of Arthur Conan Doyle’s seemingly countless imitators must inevitably bear the judgment of their readers regarding their fidelity to the work of the original, it is also true that readers sometimes focus so exclusively on assessing whether or not a later novel is perfectly consistent with Doyle’s writings themselves that the excellence of the copy may be obscured and any enjoyment of the latter work for its own sake and on its own merits may be lost. Thus, I try first of all when approaching such an apparently derivative work to assess it as if it were not attempting to work in a particular tradition, even as I take advantage of my knowledge of the Holmes stories to supplement my knowledge and increase my appreciation where deserved.

Having first read the entire Doyle/Holmes corpus over half a century ago, and having returned to it periodically since, I must confess that in general I have come to enjoy more recent works in the detective-mystery genre more and Doyle less, more recent works seeming to focus more on intra-psychic exploration and less on pure deductive brilliance. And so I find myself opening a contemporary Holmes story with a bit of a sigh, prepared to experience a more “primitive” work than I would ordinarily prefer. But I try to keep an open mind.

In the present book, Carr constructs a world and plot that are entertaining at times, enough to keep me reading, but ultimately the sum was less than its parts and was too fanciful to be convincing. Within the narrative, Carr inserted speculations about why young men (sic) are prone to acts of terrorism, but the relevance to the story was not entirely clear. Although this novel was approved by the Conan Doyle Estate for official affirmation as a Holmes sequel, I am not convinced that it is impressive enough to deserve any renown that such a seal of approval might provide.
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Oct 21, 2009

Lori rated it

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I enjoyed Caleb Carr's The Italian Secretary. Any Holmes fan big or small can appreciate the effort put forth by Mr. Carr in this enjoyable novel penned as a "further adventure of Sherlock Holmes" The story takes place in the ghost infested Holyroodhouse which was the castle of the ill fated Mary Queen of Scots. A cryptic message from Mycroft Holmes protrayed here in a rather unpleasant light as the bigger less able brother of Sherlock sends Dr. Watson and Mr Holmes hurtling towards Ed...more

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May 13, 2010

Kayt rated it

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This book seemed to go by quite quickly. It was good--having read Carr's two other history mysteries (The Alienist and Angel of Darkness) I was confident in this book; there was not the uncertainty I sometimes feel when reading a continuing-Holmes book by an unknown author.

However, I'm not sure Carr's writing style translated completely well to a Holmes story. The case was confusing--halfway through, I had to struggle to remember what the actual problem was. The characters themselves...more

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Mar 10, 2010

Donna rated it

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I have only read one Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story before, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Spotting The Italian Secretary in a secondhand bookshop, I picked it up because it was written by Caleb Carr, and I didn't really notice it was a Sherlock Holmes story until I got home.
Caleb Carr was a great choice to write a further adventure of Sherlock Holmes. His own novels The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness are about a Victorian detective too although this time in New York, and he certa...more

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Oct 03, 2011

Kathryn rated it

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I have always liked Caleb Carr’s books (both fiction and nonfiction), and I love Sherlock Holmes stuff, and Richard is of the same mind as me on Carr and Holmes. So when Richard found this unabridged audiobook, we both decided that it would be good to listen to on our vacation, and so it was; we both enjoyed it immensely.
All good Sherlockania is in the voice of Doctor Watson, and so this book is; the book starts in Baker Street, with a crytic telegram from Holmes’ older brother Mycroft, de...more

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May 17, 2011

Liz Nutting rated it

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As someone who used to dabble in the world of fan fiction, I've always been baffled by the resistance of some authors to fan-originated treatments of their characters. I understand the standard response: Works of literature are the author's bread and butter and to allow someone else to encroach on the same territory cheapens the original product, the way a faux Gucci bag sold on a New York City street cheapens the original Gucci brand. But I think there is a fundamental flaw in that logic, at le...moreAs someone who used to dabble in the world of fan fiction, I've always been baffled by the resistance of some authors to fan-originated treatments of their characters. I understand the standard response: Works of literature are the author's bread and butter and to allow someone else to encroach on the same territory cheapens the original product, the way a faux Gucci bag sold on a New York City street cheapens the original Gucci brand. But I think there is a fundamental flaw in that logic, at least when it comes to books and stories. The product of an author is not a zero-sum commodity in the same way a purse is. Engaging in fan fiction, whether as a reader or a writer, does not preclude the 'consumption' of the original product. In fact, one is unlikely to seek out fan fiction or spend any amount of time with it, if one is not already deeply engaged with the original work. And members of the fan fiction community are usually the first to pre-order a new book by a favorite author or wait in line at midnight for the premier showing of a movie or collect every DVD in a favorite television series.

But the other reason that I think the protests against fan fiction are disingenuous is that the pros do it too. Hollywood's bread and butter is the film adaptation of literary classics (and the not so literary or classic). And no other fictional character has been adapted more times in more formats than Sherlock Holmes. In film alone, 75 different actors have portrayed the detective in over 200 films. But film is not the only medium that breeds new Holmes stories. Cruise the mystery shelves of any bookstore and one finds lots of "further adventures of" novels featuring the clever detective. Although the books are of varying quality, no one is claiming that these dozens of new Holmes' adventures are cheapening the original "brand" or causing readers to fly to the faux Holmes and away from Conan Doyle's. In fact, I suspect quite the opposite is happening. Director Guy Ritchie introduced a whole new generation to his version of Sherlock Holmes, Action Hero. Inevitably some of those movie goers are going to pick up Conan Doyle's stories. I had never read a single original Sherlock Holmes story before reading Laurie R. King's wonderful The Beekeeper's Apprentice.

Caleb Carr's The Italian Secretary is a fine example of "professional" fan fiction staring Sherlock Holmes. As the author of several critically acclaimed mysteries set in the same late Victorian era, Carr is well-suited as an interpreter of Holmes. And The Italian Secretary even has the imprimatur of the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle. In Carr's tale, Holmes and Watson are summoned by Sherlock's brother Mycroft to the Scottish palace of Holyrood, residence of Scottish monarchs since 1505, where two brutal murders have threatened Queen Victoria's safety and evoked claims of spectral activity by the ghost of The Italian Secretary, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, who was viciously murdered in front of the Queen by her consort, Lord Darnley, in 1566.

How much one enjoys any given "further adventure" of Sherlock Holmes will depend on how well one thinks the author has captured the main characters of Holmes and Watson. I enjoyed Carr's version of both, although at times I thought them a touch anachronistic, which surprised me from an author who is also a published historian (so perhaps I'm wrong). Watson is disturbed by Holmes' apparent willingness to entertain the possibility of ghostly activity over other, more rational, explanations. When this inconsistently is addressed and we are made aware of Holmes' reasoning, it didn't ring true to me and sounded more like late 20th Century psychological analysis than what I would expect the "real" Holmes' to believe. In another spot, Watson describes Balmoral Castle as a "Victorian Gothic masterpiece"; I wonder if someone living in the middle of Victoria's reign would really have invoked her name to describe an architectural style. Wouldn't that description more likely be applied retrospectively from the vantage point of a post-Victorian consciousness?

I've vacillated between 2 and 3 stars for The Italian Secretary. I'm giving it three because I enjoyed it as a story in its own right, even if I sometimes felt the tone of Holmes and Watson didn't quite fit my take on Conan Doyle's characters. This book has been sitting on my shelf for years before I finally read it; it is one of those books that is perfect to slip in between more serious novels, like the crackers at a wine tasting. (less)

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Nov 03, 2009

Laura rated it

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Caleb Carr was commissioned by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write a book that could be considered the official "further adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and so he set out to recreate Conan Doyle's original style in all its Victorian glory. And I think that for the most part Carr has succeeded: the language, the sentence structure, and the general "feel" of the original stories are faithfully recreated in Carr's book, and although he can't resist adding a few more gor...more

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Dec 07, 2010

Joseph rated it

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I got about three quarters of the way through the book before realizing that I'd read it before some years ago. Normally, I'd blame this on my own shoddy memory, but I think this is a case of the book just not being very memorable. While the book isn't bad, per se, Carr adds nothing to the Holmes canon.

His characterization is merely adequate. Holmes seemed strangely passive, while Carr was clearly more interested in Watson. It's nice that he found more for him to do than stand around...more

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Jul 15, 2010

Jenny rated it

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This was a quick read but I thought it wasn't very well thought out.

There were minor details mentioned that were brought in later on - but because they were in one line of dialogue, I missed the first time. Maybe I wasn't a thorough-enough reader, but there were a lot of times I found myself flipping back through the pages trying to figure out what was going on. (I.e. trying to keep track of where the Queen was - Edinburgh or Balmoral) Also why was Miss McKenzie hiding? Gah.

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Jun 27, 2010

Mike rated it

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This book takes the bronze of the three Caleb Carr's that I have read so far. I would not be terribly surprised if the next book I read by him knocks The Italian Secretary out of medal contention completely. I really enjoyed The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness and I liked the second half of this one, but the first part of this book seemed as if Carr was trying too hard to be Arthur Conan Doyle. His writing was convoluted and confusing at first and caused me to lose my focus, however as the bo...more

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Jul 08, 2009

Janellyn51 rated it

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The Italian Secretary started out as part of a Sherlock Holmes short story collection, by contemporary writers, with the basic theme having something to do with the supernatural. It was too long for a short story. Interesting from the standpoint that Sherlock is all about science and Conan Doyle was a huge believer, and supporter of Spiritualism. I liked the book, although compared to The Alienist, it didn't hold a candle. I did think that in reading it, I could plainly picture Nigel Bruce huffi...more

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Sep 06, 2007

Maeve rated it

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Recommends it for: mystery readers

Just started reading this today. It's a Sherlock Holmes adventure written by Caleb Carr (he wrote the Alienist). I guess you could call it a Sherlock Holmes sequel. Seems a good, quick end-of-summer read.

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Nov 13, 2011

Tim Dickenson rated it

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I was so excited to find another crime novel by Caleb Carr. I've enjoyed his historical fiction in the past like The Alienist. I quickly realized that The Italian Secretary was his continuation of the Sherlock Holmes genre, which seemed ok at first. But either I don't enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories as much as I rememberered, or he missed the mark in his plotline and detail. I wasn't reading closely, but was continuously confused about the characters and the conclusions. The inclusion of ...more

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Aug 14, 2011

Jeff Carpenter rated it

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Commissioned by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate, Caleb Carr does a credible job of continuing the Holmes legacy. I have read some reviews where the reader felt like the ghost(s) detracted from the story. I did'nt personally feel this way, however, I did not think they added much to it either. The thought of the great Sherlock Holmes going up against a supernatural entity is pretty interesting although it did not really play out that way in this story. I don't want to give away too many details...more

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Jan 02, 2010

Carly rated it

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Carr is fast rising the list of authors I really adore. For Christmas, I asked for "Caleb Carr" books, and I must say, I was a bit nervous when I saw that this was a "Sherlock Holmes" book--I feared (ungrounded I now know) that while attempting to write in a Doyle-ish style, Carr might not be able to live up to the first book of his that I read--The Alienist. However, Carr performed amazingly. Although it has been a few months since I have recently read a Holmes story/book...more

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Nov 22, 2011

Jason rated it

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I admit, I couldn't finish it, so you may wish to dismiss this review as unfair based on that fact.

The novel did manage to capture the trappings of the original in language and feel, and the author obviously has an excellent grounding in the period, and seemed well-versed in the Doyle originals--as they were casually referenced here and there in passing, but for all that, I just...couldn't...finish. I wanted to. I really wanted to enjoy this novel. But a combination of a never-endin...more

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Jun 04, 2009

Laurie rated it

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I enjoyed it. From what I can recall of the style of the way Doyle wrote for Holmes and Watson, Carr seemed to keep true to the characters. There was a nice whimsical humor to the mystery that was pleasant. I loved the Mary Queen of Scots angle, as I enjoy reading historical fiction about royalty...so this was right up my alley. But the ending was a bit crazy. The thing is if I had not been so blown away by The Alienist and the sequel of The Alienist, I would have given this a higher rating...more

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Aug 12, 2011

GuavaGal rated it

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I bought this book because I really enjoyed Caleb Carr's other books. . .and because it was really cheap.

It turns out that Carr is still an excellent story-teller and does a great job of mimicking Arthur Conan Doyle's style, but (as I vaguely remembered while reading the book), I don't love ACD's writing style. Still, thanks to the movie, I always think of Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson, so that was fairly entertaining. And, I enjoy an old-fashioned detective st...more

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Aug 27, 2009

Linda rated it

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The subtitle of this book is "The Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes." The author, Caleb Carr, was authorized by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write a Sherlock Holmes novel in his style. I think he accomplished this task very well. It reads like a Conan Doyle mystery, even with the original author's flaws. Conan Doyle was never big on character development, so Carr isn't either. Holmes wants to solve the mystery, but could care less for people's motivations for the cri...more

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Sep 11, 2009

Joy rated it

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I'm not one to turn the pages so easily when it comes to Sherlock Holmes stories because of the writing style. It's not necessarily old English, but because of the formality and sentence structure, I read it very slowly to absorb what's happening. This one is a great story but it's filled with action, I was expecting a great display of Holmes's power of deductive reasoning but the way he's always subtle on things when he knows the answers is consistent. There were some dragging parts in the stor...more

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Feb 07, 2010

Mary rated it

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I originally was drawn to this book because I have read others by Caleb Carr and enjoyed them. It was then a surprise to me to find that it was a "Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" book. A collection of new Sherlock stories that are written by contemporary mystery authors at the request of the Conan Doyle Estate. Having never read a Sherlock Holmes story before I cannot speak to how accurate it is to the original writing, characters or plot lines. I can say I enjoyed the stor...more

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Jan 09, 2009

Stephanie rated it

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This is a fun mystery done as though it were another Sherlock Holmes mystery. I thought he had the tone just right (and the language is a good imitation of Conan Doyle's Victorian prose, especially the dialogue), but there are multiple gaping plot holes and unaddressed plot points. I kind of felt that the author had done it in a hurry and forgot to polish it. The ending is rushed, and I disagreed with his handling of some points in Holmes' character, but overall just a fun, light read for tho...more

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Feb 21, 2010

Jennifer added it · review of another edition

Loved it! Other than Laurie R. King's Russell/Holmes mysteries, this book and author have come closest to recreating an authentic Holmes than any other author. Don't be lulled in by other books. This is the real deal! If you're like me and love Mary Russell's Holmes by Laurie R. King - go read this book immediately!! It created a Holmes so real, that I am convinced he did truly exist in our world! This book had so much to share of history, and the world of Holmes that I reread this book at least...more

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