Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story: 1000 Headwords (Oxford Bookworms ELT) (French Edition)
I'm a Holmes purist for the most part. I don't like it when writers bring him to modern times or put him in a sci-fi story or make him ridiculous instead of edgy and a bit scary. But Dibdin did draw me in on this one, even though he strays WAY away from Doyle's Holmes. Boy, it's quite the thriller. The writing is tight and relentless in that way that makes you keep reading even when you want to toss it away and get out Paddington Bear to combat the creeping, horrific realizations. I couldn't look away though. So, I guess I'd say 3 stars. I'd give it 4 if he wasn't playing fast and loose with a character I love even when he acts like a jerk. I didn't resell it, so I must've liked it.