On a cold morning in 1897 . . .
a lovely American actress awakens in London – lying face down on the concrete pavement outside the British Museum. She has no memories. She does not even know who she is, although she has a vague recollection of the name Sherlock Holmes. What she believes is that she has may have just killed someone, and that someone is definitely trying to kill her.As she … someone is definitely trying to kill her.
As she searches for clues to her true identity, she will learn that she is not the only target. Unless she can defeat her evil adversaries, the people most dear to her will die.
If you love a strong heroine and a classic Holmes, with a touch of romance, you’re going to love this fast-paced mystery.
The Sherlock and Lucy Series has been recommended by the Library of Clean Reads.
For fans of Jeremy Brett, J. Robert Kennedy, Andrea Penrose, Karen Charlton, Aaron Elkins, Lee Strauss, Sam Burnell, Nicola Cornick, Deanna Raybourn, Ann Swinfen, Lynn Messina, Arthur Conan Doyle, Craig Stephen Copland, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rhys Bowen, Joanne Fluke, Faith Martin, Jana DeLeon, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Kathi Daley, Squeaky Clean Mysteries, Leighann Dobbs, Harmony Williams, Elementary, Kate Parker, Alex Michaelides, Sonia Parin, BJ Bourg, Carrie Bedford, Miss Fisher, Murdoch Mysteries, female sleuths, T E Kinsey, Betty Rowlands, Annalee Chase, Amanda M Lee, HY Hanna, Maisie Dobbs, Janet Evanovich, Rhys Bowen, L.B. Hathaway, Jacqueline Winspear, Susan Elia Macneal, Charles Todd, Vivian Conroy, Hamilton Crane, Frances Brody, Ashley Weaver, Patricia Wentworth, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Clara Benson, M.C. Beaton, Charles Finch, Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Carola Dunn, Georgette Heyer, Kate Parker, Alyssa Maxwell, Maia Chance, Cecil Freeman Gregg, Barbara Cleverly, Kerry Greenwood, Elizabeth Edmondson, Edmund Crispin, Mary Roberts Rinehart, James Runcie, Catriona McPherson, Anne Perry, Sue Grafton, Martha Grimes, Emma Jameson, cozy mysteries, historical mysteries, historical fiction.
Are you contemplating the purchase of REMEMBER, REMEMBER? Have you read the first two books in this series (THE LAST MORIARTY and THE WILHELM CONSPIRACY solo authored by Charles Veley)? If you have not, I highly recommend that you start at the beginning of the series and go from there. Why? Well, I don’t do spoilers, so you will just have to trust me on this.
If you have read the first two books in the series and wonder how the addition of a new lead author affects the storytelling, I would say that it is even better. Charles Veley certainly provided a truly Sherlockian experience, but I do believe that Anna Elliot brings a certain something to the narration that only a woman can provide. I am not suggesting that she has changed the tenor but rather that she has enhanced what we have come to expect from a Sherlock Holmes adventure. In other words, Watson still pens these tales that take place after the incident at Reichenbach Falls but Lucy James is a force with which he must reckon.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER has a double meaning that begins with a dilemma on page one, and (as in John Milton’s poem, In Quintum Novembris (On the Fifth of November) with its nursery rhyme sounding first line “Remember, remember 5th November…”) we are apprised of the time of year in which the story takes place with its historic relevance celebrated as Guy Fawkes Day.
At the end of the book, Anna Elliot’s Acknowledgements start out with thanks to her father, Charles Veley, for reading the Sherlock Holmes stories to her when she was still too young to read them herself. This father/daughter bond makes for a great writing team. I like to know about the authors, so I always read the Acknowledgements and About the Author pages. In this case, both are short and sweet, so take a minute to peruse them.
Along with excellent writing that does the originator of Sherlock Holmes proud, I want to make mention of the high-quality formatting of the Kindle Edition in the books that I have read so far. This attention to detail makes for smooth, uninterrupted reading which I greatly appreciate.
My next read will be the next book in the series THE CROWN JEWEL.
Amnesia
Appropriate for middle school – adult
No sex
Action, but no stomach turning violence
No harsh language
Light reading
Setting Pre-WWI London
Interesting plot line
Plot no spoilers:
The story opens with a young lady being awakened by a policeman and told to move along. She’s horrified to see that she has been sleeping on the ground. Her nice clothing is filthy. Worse, she has no idea what she’s been doing — in fact she has no idea who she is.
Bit by bit she learns things about herself, such as a remarkable ability to defend herself. She has a couple of misadventures, but then also obtains help from good people.
The time does come when she realizes who she is and the events that led to her situation. Then the chase is on to catch and stop the criminals’ deadly scheme.
Again, very light reading. So, if that’s what you’re looking for, definitely recommended.
1897 and Lucy James has woken up outside of the British Museum, unable to remember why or how, and who she is. She must decide who she can trust as she searches for the clues to her identity while solving the mystery of why.
I really enjoyed this mystery, and found it a wonderfully easy read. Unlike the first two in the series this book was not from the point of view of Dr. Watson but Lucy, and I admit I did miss the character in this story. Hopefully he will return in the next installment.