I'm torn about this book. Some of it I really liked, some I didn't like at all. If I were reading this instead of listening to audio, I don't think I would have gotten past the first half of the book. I didn't care for the character Veronica. I didn't care for the character Margery, big time . I didn't care for the Temple and all the people associated with it. Too much religion, too little Holmes. And Holmes confessing to Mary at the end of the book that he's wanted to kiss Mary since he first met her. She was fifteen . That creeped me out.

What I did like was most the second half of the book (minus the Holmes comment). I felt like I was locked in the cellar with Mary, and then onto the race to find the person who did it, all the while battling inner demons.

Well, that one sentence describing what I did like didn't adequately describe how much I enjoyed the later part, but I did.

Since I didn't care for the story initially, I can only give it an OK rating. I will, however, pick up the next in the series. I just hope there isn't a regiment of women in it.