SOME DANGER INVOLVED by WILL THOMAS (Historical Fiction/Crime)
The Nine-Second Review Title: Some Danger Involved Author: Will Thomas Genre: Historical Ficiton/Crime Recommend: Yes Summary: Victorian England detectives vs anti-Semitic terrorism. Full Review Premise What if Sherlock Holmes was not a character, but a species? What if we had another Sherlock Holmes? The appeal of Sherlock Holmes is that Holmes is a brilliant detective, and John Watson is a sort of amiable lump he drags around behind him. Because Watson narrates the stories, we share his total ignorance of what the hell is going on. As the story goes on, we theorize about what the solution is going to be, just as Watson does. At the end of the story, Sherlock essentially grades our test, going over the mystery step by step and answering all of our questions. The Holmes stories are brilliant in their way. Their solutions are absurd, but they follow a certain internal logic that makes them incredibly appealing. The relationship of their two ...