Review: The Detective and the Woman by Amy Thomas

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The Detective and the Woman by Amy Thomas. A Sherlock Holmes Novel.

Review summary: There are a number of clever elements to this "Sherlock Holmes" novel, not the least of which is the time frame in which the action take place. The setting — turn of the century southwestern Florida — is well drawn and seems perfectly suited to the well crafted mystery storyline. (Click here for text of full review.)

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The Detective and the Woman
Amy Thomas
A Sherlock Holmes Novel
MX Publishing (April 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Irene Adler, American opera singer and the one woman who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes, finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on a woman they call Miss A, who is none other than Irene Adler herself. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot with implications that stretch across the Atlantic. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.