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Art in the Blood by Bonnie MacBird

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Conan Doyle would approve!

This one has been on my shelves for a while and I finally got around to reading it. Bonnie MacBird creates such an extremely true-to-character Sherlock tale, you'll think Sir Author Conan Doyle penned it himself. The action is fast and descriptive, and evokes all those feelings you love the Sherlock Holmes stories for.

So, clearly I enjoyed the book, and I can recommend it to any fan of Holmes. Having said that, I must draw attention to a few differences from the original stories that you should probably be aware of. There is a degree of physical violence in this tale that I do not think would have gone over well in Doyle's time. Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, and brutal sadistic physical torture, not to mention a strong theme of cocaine use/abuse by Holmes himself. Personally, I felt like these aspects simply brought the stories up to speed with generally accepted levels of violence and/or drug use in contemporary thriller novels, but be aware that these things are in the book.

It's always a good sign when, after finishing a book, I immediately google an author to see what else she has written. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Bonnie MacBird has published a series of Sherlock Holmes Adventures! I intend on putting them all on my "To Read" list, but I will not wait so long to read them this time!

To all you Sherlock fans out there, read this one without worry. It is a pleasure to experience such a well-crafted Holmes adventure again!

4 out of 5 stars



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