Review: Sherlock Holmes Investigates: The Pink Jewel Conundrum
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2012
The author is Philip van Wulven, not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, although he uses the same style as Doyle. Dr. Watson is again the story teller and recalls the events of the mystery just as in the original works. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are invited by the mayor of the city, Mayor Pink (hense the name in the title), to stay after a formal royal event to help him in a personal matter. It turns out that the Mayor has had a very valuable jem stolen and needs Holmes to find it before an upcoming event the next week. Holmes sifts through the facts and discovers things are not what they seem to be when first presented. If you are interested in a short mystery story, this is entertaining but not particularly complex. If however, you are expecting something of the magnitude of quality of the original doyle mystery classics, you will be somewhat disappointed. It is a good mystery, not a GREAT one.