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A review by maeclair
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
3.0
I read Graham Moore’s The Last Days of Night and was riveted from beginning to end. As someone who has always enjoyed most anything related to Sherlock Holmes, Victorian London, and the turn of the century, I expected to be equally riveted by The Sherlockian.
The novel alternates two mysteries—one in the present—and one in the past. It is well written, but I couldn’t connect with the main characters, Harold and Sarah, who try to solve the murder of a member of the Sherlockians (a group dedicated to Sherlock Holmes). The murderer made off with a diary that belonged to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Holy Grail to the Sherlockians.
For me, the story worked best when it focused on the mystery in the past with Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker trying to solve the murders of several young women. The author ties both mysteries together in the end, with the last quarter of the providing the most riveting reading, but overall I struggled a bit to get through this one, and that surprised me. Graham Moore is an excellent writer, and The Last Days of Night is one of my favorite books, but I felt like something was lacking in this one. 3.5 Stars.
The novel alternates two mysteries—one in the present—and one in the past. It is well written, but I couldn’t connect with the main characters, Harold and Sarah, who try to solve the murder of a member of the Sherlockians (a group dedicated to Sherlock Holmes). The murderer made off with a diary that belonged to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Holy Grail to the Sherlockians.
For me, the story worked best when it focused on the mystery in the past with Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker trying to solve the murders of several young women. The author ties both mysteries together in the end, with the last quarter of the providing the most riveting reading, but overall I struggled a bit to get through this one, and that surprised me. Graham Moore is an excellent writer, and The Last Days of Night is one of my favorite books, but I felt like something was lacking in this one. 3.5 Stars.