From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a modern, female driven new take on the legend of Sherlock Holmes…Martha “Marty” Hudson has it all…almost. While her best friend, Irene Adler, is a dot-com millionaire many times over, Marty’s days are filled with working as a barista at a Stanford University coffee bar, crashing various courses and … crashing various courses and lectures, and dodging the rent collector at her crummy apartment. But when Marty suddenly finds out that a long-lost aunt has left her a Victorian home at 221 Baker Street in the heart of San Francisco, she’s hopeful her luck is about to turn around! Okay, so the Victorian is run down and probably in need of more repairs than Marty could ever afford, but at least it’s a link to family. However when Marty starts sifting through the contents of the dilapidated home, she realizes her aunt’s death may not have been natural…and might have been a case of murder! Taking her suspicions to the grumpy Detective Lastrade and the uber-hot medical examiner, Dr. John Watson, only gets her a pair of doors slammed in her face. But Marty and Irene don’t give up that easily. Instead, they invent fictitious private investigator, Sherlock Holmes, to open those doors for them! Between Marty’s eclectic class-crashing knowledge and Irene’s tech know-how, “Sherlock Holmes” investigates an over-the-hill yoga teacher, mob shops in Chinatown, pot dispensaries in the East Bay, and a slew of suspicious characters. But when the killer returns—this time with Marty in sight!—even the great Holmes may not be able to save her…at least not without a little help from the girls.
Winner of the 2017 RONE Award for Best Mystery
The Marty Hudson Mysteries:
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde – book #1
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Diva – book #2
What critics are saying:
“One of the most anticipated of the fall releases happens to be one of THE BEST of the fall releases! Halliday and Rey have joined forces to create a SUPERLATIVE new cozy mystery series that will leave readers clamoring for more.”
~ Diane Morasco, Blogcritics Reviews
“Move Over Sherlock…Marty is Here! I am a fan of Gemma Halliday and Kelly Rey as individual authors, but teaming them together has been delightful experience!”
~ Kings River Life Magazine
“Great characters, a gripping mystery, an interesting supporting cast, and a really cool setting!”
~ Night Owl Reviews
Rating: This story does not contain any graphic violence, language, or sexual encounters. Its rating would be similar to PG-13 or what you would find on a Hallmark Channel movie or TV series.
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This is the second book by Gemma Halliday that I’ve read. While I believe it’s targetted to a younger audience, I loved it. I doubled over with laughter when the heroine interrogates a yoga instructor from the sixties and worries about twisting her pancreas. Omigosh, these ladies can write. The mystery is intricately woven with a heavy dose of red herrings. The characters jump off the page. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes witty, cozy mysteries.
I really enjoyed this book. The heroine is Marti Hudson (I bet you thought I would say her last name was Holmes!), who with her best friend Irene (any relation to Adler?), try to find out who killed her Aunt.
There is a Dr. Watson who happens to be the medical examiner. And of course a police detective named Lestrade!
I am sure over the course of the series we will see other Holmes characters drop in.
The story starts off with Marti inheriting her Aunt’s house at 221 Baker Street. As she is clearing things away she finds her Aunt’s medicines and noticed that there is nothing to indicate she had heart trouble.
She starts asking questions but can’t get any information as she is not a police officer or detective. Her friend Irene says they are detectives and are working a case for the great Sherlock Holmes! She made that name up on the spot! A lot of the story deals with how Marti and Irene try to give Sherlock a life (Remington Steele anyone?).
This is a thoroughly fun read. I can’t wait until the next installment.
Loved it!
Marty and Irene are a hoot. Many laugh out loud moments in this one. I can’t wait to see what trouble they get into in book 2.
A fun book with a novel take on Sherlock Holmes. The characters are well-developed and interesting. I hope its the start of a long series, but this can stand alone..
It kept your interest
Just what I have come to expect from this author!!!!
Very clever and laugh-out loud funny!
Loved it. Thanks.
Fun light-hearted read!
This story moves easily along. I was finished before I was ready. I look forward to more of these as they build their PI business.
Some funny characters there, I expect them to show up again in more books.
A couple of rather ditzy, man-crazy women in their late 20s find that a death in the family may be murder. They solve the crime with a few minor disasters on the way. Chick-lit with a mystery twist.
I enjoyed this fun quirky mystery. I am giving it 4 stars but if 3.5 were available that would be closer to the correct score for me. I had a hard time with the whole Sherlock Holmes craziness. Being a huge fan of Sherlock anything this book was hard to believe that no one seemed to have ever heard of anything Sherlock. Oh well, that aside the book was a clean lite read and just what I needed during our crazy 2020 times.