Elementary, she Read

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Call Number: Mystery / Delany, Vicki, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Delany, Vicki
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Delany, Vicki	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Delany, Vicki	4-week checkout	On Shelf

When Gemma Doyle, owner of Cape Cod's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in her shop, she and her friend, Jayne, set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.

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Great start to a new series!!! submitted by ValerieL on March 16, 2017, 1:40pm This is a wonderful book in a brand-new series!

I've enjoyed everything I've read by Vicki Delany (including the Lighthouse Library series she wrote under the pen name, Eva Gates), so I was excited when I heard there was a new series coming out. This book did not disappoint in the least!

I've already fallen in love with the town of West London and its inhabitants. Gemma, Jayne, Ryan, Louise, and the rest are all well-developed, complex characters and while we don't know everything about them, they come across as realistic and still leave a little mystery to be discovered in other books in this series. I love the way Gemma's mind works. I'm not quite as good at my powers of observation as Gemma is, but a lot of her logic I totally understood. It's always great when I can identify with a heroine in the story.

The plot line moved along at a decent pace. It wasn't slow, but yet not so fast that you didn't understand what was going on. I had absolutely NO idea who the villain was until it was revealed. I can see now in hindsight how someone with astute powers of observation of details could put the clues together, but I didn't do that, so it was a complete surprise to me.

Some of the interpersonal relationships in the story were strained and it'll be interesting to see how those relationships develop and play out throughout the series. I don't want to give away any details of the story though, so if you want to know more, read the book!

The setting sounds absolutely beautiful and I could easily imagine myself there in West London. I love when I can imagine the scene and yet the author hasn't provided too many details. If there's too many details, I feel over saturated and it becomes harder to imagine the setting. Ms. Delany is a master at balancing that mixture of detail and imagination.

A wonderful start to a new series and if you like cozy mysteries or even mysteries in general, I highly recommend it!

Cozy at It's Best! submitted by scarlettsquill on June 14, 2019, 8:36pm If you are a cozy mystery fan, this is a wonderful start to a new series. Everything you want in a cozy mystery and fun for fans of classic Sherlock too!