threerings 's review for:

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

3.0

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At first I thought this was just a Mary Sue/Sherlock Holmes-by-another-name mystery/romance. I was a little wrong, in that the characters did get more interesting as it went along. The mystery was ok, but I foresaw all of the surprises and revelations way before they were revealed. For all that, I devoured the book in less than 24 hours and am anxious to read the rest. It may have been a bit of a cliched guilty pleasure, but it was pleasurable. I'm also a sucker for Victoriana and brooding detective romances.