Review: Very, very good on several levels
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
I just wanted to add another voice to the chorus of approval by previous reviewers. I enjoyed this Holmes story more than any other post-Doyle effort I've read, and I've read dozens. It was the right length for such a complicated adventure and showed Holmes and Watson almost frustrated in their grappling with truly ruthless opponents of high, although malign, intelligence who didn't leave the convenient clues -- footprints, uniquely identifiable cigar ashes, etc. -- that figure in many such tales. Furthermore, the main subplot was just as interesting to me and other Holmes' fans as the main plot and provided some satisfying information about which I will say no more here.