Plus, he’s wounded during their investigation. Inflammatory reporters are suggesting Holmes is the killer. Miss Monk reminds me of Faye’s Jane Steele from the pleasing 2016 novel of the same name.Īs you can imagine, Holmes and Watson hit some bumps in the road. And she does it with considerable aplomb. She’s able to elicit information and gain entry to places in a way that the men cannot. He and Watson employ various methods to information gathering, including the use of people who live and work in Whitechapel.Ĭhief among these is the fictional Miss Mary Ann Monk, who proves a welcome addition to a testosterone-heavy cast of characters. Sherlock Holmes has been called in as consulting detective on the gruesome Whitechapel murders. Told in the classic Arthur Conan Doyle style, Faye writes from Watson’s point of view. However, I enjoy a good historical fiction mystery / thriller. Let me say right up front that I’m not an aficionado of either genre. Lyndsay Faye braves the legendary waters of both Ripper and Holmes with her imaginative novel, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr.
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