Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas

Baxter appears, Charlotte recognizes him as her nemesis, Moriarty, whom she last saw at a disrupted ball at Moriarty’s château outside Paris two months earlier. Kate Reading's narration is wonderful, as always.In Thomas’s appealing sixth Lady Sherlock mystery (after 2020’s Murder in Cold Street), brilliant private investigator Charlotte Holmes, who acts as an “oracle” on behalf of her fictional brother, Sherlock, has an appointment with a potential client, James Baxter, at her office at 18 Upper Baker Street. I'll update if it improves, but so far this has been an enormous let down in one of my otherwise favorite series. I find myself tuning out due to boredom and having to go back because I missed something regarding the plot. Every time I start to get interested in the story again, It derails into absurdity of Charlotte lusting over Ash.It is one thing to be building a romance between the 2 characters, it is another to be constantly beaten over the head with trite commentary about the things Lord Ingram is tracing his finger over and how it excites Charlotte. I will finish it in hopes it gets better, but if the series is turning into a cheesy 'romance' story that has Charlotte turning into a foolish girl obsessing over her new boyfriend, I am out. However, only 6 chapters in, I am so bored and over this book. The stories and mysteries take twists and turns that make each ending suspenseful and satisfying. I find myself noticing clues and nuances that I missed almost every time and and have loved that Charlotte is a strong, capable and independent woman.

I have loved this series from the get go, and enjoyed re-reading everyone in preparation riation for the next release. And Charlotte’s longtime friend and ally, Lord Ingram, at last turns his seductive prowess on Charlotte - or is it the other way around?īut the more secrets Charlotte unravels about Miss Moriarty’s disappearance, the more she wonders why Moriarty has entrusted this delicate matter to her of all people. Is it merely to test Charlotte's skills as an investigator, or has the man of shadows trapped her in a nest of vipers? Meanwhile, Charlotte’s sister, Livia, tries to make sense of a mysterious message from her beau, Mr. Watson travel to a remote community of occult practitioners where Moriarty's daughter was last seen, a place full of lies and liars. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter and wants Charlotte to find out the truth.Ĭharlotte and Mrs. Charlotte Holmes comes face-to-face with her enemy when Moriarty turns to her in his hour of need, in the USA Today best-selling series set in Victorian England.Ī most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes' doorstep: Moriarty himself.

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas