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Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes were
enlisted to help an old friend find their missing aunt, who lives in an
asylum. Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in
Bethlem after her brother and father died in the Great War. While on an
outing for her brother's birthday, Lady Vivian disappears.
Mary doesn't want to take on the case but, she
can't turn down her friend, Ronnie. Together with Sherlock, Mary
travels to Venice to find the missing woman. While at Venice, they
discover the influence of Benito Mussolini is causing a disturbance in
the city. When Mary and Sherlock begin their search for the missing
woman, they are thrown into a whole different world.
I have seen Sherlock shows and movies but, haven't
read the novels. Mostly because I wasn't much of a huge mystery fan
but, the books are on my TBR list now. I was quite disappointed in this
novel though. The characters were all dreadfully boring or wooden.
Sherlock felt more like a filler than an actual detective and Mary was a
bore. The ending felt juvenile and didn't seem like an ending had much
thought put into it. I was surprised that there were no surprises or twists but, a
straightforward runaway storyline. This was my first book of the
series and maybe this book was a dud but, I am in no rush to find out.
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