The Baker Street Letters
Baker Street Letters Series, Book 1
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نقد و بررسی
April 6, 2009
Robertson’s engaging debut, the first in a projected series, offers one of the more original premises involving the Sherlock Holmes character. London solicitor Reggie Heath, who’s just leased office space on Baker Street, finds his obligations include making sure letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes at 221B are answered, if with formulaic replies. After a senior clerk is bludgeoned to death and Heath’s younger ne’er-do-well brother disappears, the lawyer suspects both events are connected to a letter an eight-year-old girl, Mara Ramirez, sent nearly 20 years earlier asking the great detective to locate her missing father. Heath follows the trail to Los Angeles, where he succeeds in tracking down Mara and learns current crimes may be connected with her father’s disappearance. Readers will want to spend more time with the appealing Heath and company, but the conceit of having future mysteries to solve based on letters to Baker Street may be hard to sustain.
When Reggie rents quarters at 221B Baker Street, London, his lease has an unusual stipulation. Since it is considered to be Sherlock Holmes's residence, Reggie MUST answer the letters that still arrive for the great man. Narrator Simon Vance delivers a good-natured portrait of Reggie, his brother, Nigel, and a twenty-year-old mystery that develops when they act on a young California girl's letter to Holmes. Vance's depiction of the brothers' very British relationship, full of quirky humor and insults to each other, is irresistible. Less effective but not a hindrance are his American and Latino accents. Author Robertson's blending of Holmes, the two brothers, and a child's concern for her beloved father make for an exceptional adventure. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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