The Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books are always fun. They are thickly plotted and the real villain is never exactly who it first appears to be. Garment of Shadows is no different. My only real complaint about these wonderful books is that they star Mary Russell and not Sherlock Holmes, who is always relegated to a supporting role. I should be used to this by now, but I would still like a little more of super genius Sherlock Holmes and a little less of super genius Mary Russell. But then, what writer can ever love another’s creation more than her own?…
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A Slight Trick of The Mind by Mitch Cullin
The Sherlock Holmes we met in A Slight Trick of The Mind is a 93 year man that walks with two canes and seems to be losing what is left of his once great mind. It is a sad tale that is soaked with nostalgia for the days gone by when Holmes could solve a crime just by looking at the mud on a shoe’s heel or listening to the twang of an accent. Holnes still cares for bees and still roams around the world. He visits the site of the Hiroshima Nuclear Attack and marvels at the steel skeleton…