DID NOT FINISH: 8%

I dnf’ed at 22 pages.

So this retelling appears to be set in WWII London based upon the German bombing raids. Yet… so many small details like the opium den, the use of horse and carriage, and the style of writing seem to want to make the time setting in the Victorian era.

I also just didn’t care for the narration style.

Joanna was every bit as dickish as Sherlock Holmes, but not in a charming and endearing way.