Book 2 in the award-winning Anna Kronberg series.
”…provocative and original…” Peter Kavanagh, CBC Radio Producer”…the new dream team of detective literature.” KrimiLese”…a formidable dark-romantic conspiracy novel. A duel of two deduction monsters.” Die Welt“Best Sherlock Holmes Mystery 2014” German Sherlock Holmes SocietyLondon 1889. A dead man is found floating in the city’s … Sherlock Holmes Society
London 1889. A dead man is found floating in the city’s waterworks. Fearing an epidemic, the Metropolitan Police call upon bacteriologist Dr Anton Kronberg to examine the body. All signs point toward cholera having killed the man…but for faint marks around wrists and ankles.
Evidence for a crime is weak, and the police lose interest in the case. But Kronberg suspects that the dead man’s final days had been steeped in cruelty. Soon, a second victim is found, and Kronberg gets embroiled in a web of abduction, abuse, and murder.
But catching a killer and staying alive would be easier if the doctor didn’t have secrets of…her own.
Warning: medical procedures are depicted without apology.
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I am a Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty fan in a big way! I loved the female character who is their equal (a top doctor and scientist) as the main character! I loved it!
Interesting version of a Sherlock inspired story. Well written wonderful characters.
Fascinating angles for new story line
An enjoyable CSR from the Victorian era with a female cross-dressing protagonist who will challenge many of your stereotypes about what girl can’t do.
I very much enjoyed reading this book. It was at once original and true to the tradition of Holmesian mystery. I will certainly read others by this author.
Enjoyed reading,good characters and story line moves and is credible.
Thought provoking.
Great Investigative Series, love how the bring in Holmes!
Read the whole series loved it.
Fast read but interesting. Women doctor in 1890. Dresses as man to be able to work. Meets up with Sherlock Holmes and is on the path to find the killers of poor people who have infectious diseases.
Wow couldn’t put it down. So much of the story is still relevant today. A women masquerades as a man so she can practice as a doctor. She is the leading Bacteriologist at a London hospital and is called on a case by the local police because Cholera is the suspected cause of death. She meets the famous Sherlock Holmes and together they purse the …
a surprisingly good read – from an author I had not heard of before. Now reading #3 in the series.
A inventive twist on the Sherlock Holmes series. Female physicians are still illegal in England, so the Harvard educated Anna presents herself as a male doctor, working at St. Guys on a vaccine for tetanus. She and Holmes investigate a nefarious plot that involves people who are trapped in workhouse life.
It was interesting to resurrect Sherlock Holmes with a character of nearly equal intellect. Very good mystery.
Quick wit, fast pace, and highly entertaining. I enjoyed this book and look forward to more!
It was ok, I struggled to finish it
Very inventive use of Sherlock with Dr Anna Kronberg, herself a ubique character in late 19th centory England.
I don’t usually like Sherlock Holmes books, but this was the more Benedict Cumberbatch-like Holmes in whom one can see humanity. Loved the mix of personal strength and insecurity of Anna/Anton.
This is a good little Victorian mystery with an unusual heroine – a woman trained as a doctor who must masquerade as a man in order to practice. Anton/Anna is an intriguing character if not 100% believable – but that’s okay, it’s fiction. The author’s depiction of Sherlock Holmes is passable – it’s been a while since I’ve read Conan Doyle but the …
A reminder of how oppressed women have been through history and the great lengths it has taken for women to be recognized as equals. It is also a frightening look at science and medicine and what those in power can do to fellow humans.
Entertaining. Sherlockians should enjoy