A review by lesserjoke
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

3.0

Although I really like the character of Charlotte Holmes, she's yet to have a truly engaging novel built around her. This second adventure at least centers the clever detective more than the first, but it relies far too heavily on coincidence in the process. (Charlotte is hired to look into a man who turns out to be her half-brother, a cold case she's working on happens to boil over with a new murder, etc.) These plot issues unfortunately stop the story from rising to the level of its very capable heroine.