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After reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, I was somewhat interested in more Victoriana, so while at the library on Saturday, I somewhat randomly picked up this Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Barrie Roberts. He did 8 or 9 of them.
Overall, it was a perfectly adequate pastiche. Its most interesting element is that it places Holmes very clearly in historical Victorian times, so we have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee going on and Holmes' client turns out to be Anna Leonowens of The King and I.
Beyond that, the sleuthing was interesting, and the book read quickly. I might randomly pick up another of these, but I won't hunt hard for them.
Overall, it was a perfectly adequate pastiche. Its most interesting element is that it places Holmes very clearly in historical Victorian times, so we have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee going on and Holmes' client turns out to be Anna Leonowens of The King and I.
Beyond that, the sleuthing was interesting, and the book read quickly. I might randomly pick up another of these, but I won't hunt hard for them.