A review by swagner
Eiskalter Tod by Andy Lane

3.0

I remember picking up this book when it first came out a couple of years ago. After reading the first two installments of this series, I wanted more, especially after the sheer sinister antagonist's story-line in the second book. However, book 3 had to wait to be read and I deeply regret not reading it before now. I can only imagine, (but judging from my liking of the first 2 books that I read when I was about Sherlock's age (14)) but I can't help to feel like I would have liked this book a lot more if I had been younger. It is easily read and rather quick-paced, which is good for getting out of a reading slump, however doesn't fulfill my personal need of complexity that I expect a book about Sherlock Holmes to have. By that I mean that the "villain" is not as intimidating as I would have wished him - or rather them - to be. The riddles were not as enjoyable as I remembered them to be from book 1 and 2 because they were mostly just Mycroft or Amyus Crowe listening to Sherlock figuring out an answer while being omniscient about it all which was a little tiring.
All in all, an enjoyable and easy-to-follow entertaining read, but simply not my present taste in literature.