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Title: Son of Holmes by John T. Lescroart ISBN: 0-451-20875-7 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: dull, trite, disjoint
Comment: I am a big fan of Sherlockiana and Conan Doyle pastiches, and this book started out promisingly with the requisite prologue explaining the genesis of the manuscript at a "Martha Hudson dinner" in an academic suburb of Boston. Even the preface was a clever touch, "All the events in this book are true, despite the disclaimer which you have just read ...." I was eager to proceed!
Unfortunately, when the focus shifts to rural WWI France, the story lost all focus for me. I have spent over a week dragging through this tale a page or two at a time. Rather than keeping me riveted, my mind wanders and (if reading at bedtime) I soon find myself asleep. The prose is wooden, which can be forgiven in a piece of Holmesiana if the plot is grabbing, but that plot is sparse and slow to develop. Doyle would have done this in a short story. The writing and plot seem disjoint, and the characters not developed. For instance, the narrator describes one character, Tania, as (something like) 'the only woman he had ever truly loved', yet this love is not _shown_ in their relationship (which seemed a very Gallic accomodation of convenience). So, just short of halfway through, I shall admit defeat and place this one aside.
This is possibly the second worst Holmes offshoot I have (tried to) read.
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite mystery book
Comment: "Son of Holmes" is based in a small French town just after WWI broke out. Auguste Lupa is the supposed son of Sherlock Holmes (its always hinted at, but never confirmed). Lupa must discover, with the help of a French agent, the murderer of a crime. The murderer turns out to want to disrupt France's war effort.
With brillant plot, brillant characters, and a wonderfully done setting, this book of Lescroart should be reprinted and stay in print. You will not find a better book set in WWI.
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Title: Rasputin's Revenge by John Lescroart ISBN: 0451209818 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The First Law by John T. Lescroart ISBN: 0525947051 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 27 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Second Chair: A Novel by John T. Lescroart ISBN: 0525947752 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Vig by John Lescroart ISBN: 0440209862 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 12 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dead Irish by John Lescroart ISBN: 0440207835 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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