A Conspiracy in Belgravia

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Kate Reading

“I AM RIVETED. The Lady Sherlock series is so smart and clever and witty.”–Julia Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series

The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes steps fully into her role as Sherlock Holmes in this gripping Victorian mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of A Study in Scarlet Women.

Being shunned by Society gives Charlotte Holmes the time and freedom to put her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. As “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective,” aided by the capable Mrs. Watson, she’s had great success helping with all manner of inquiries, but she’s not prepared for the new client who arrives at her Upper Baker Street office.

Lady Ingram, wife of Charlotte’s dear friend and benefactor, wants Sherlock Holmes to find her first love, who failed to show up at their annual rendezvous. Matters of loyalty and discretion aside, the case becomes even more personal for Charlotte as the missing man is none other than Myron Finch, her illegitimate half brother.

In the meanwhile, Charlotte wrestles with a surprising proposal of marriage, a mysterious stranger woos her sister Livia, and an unidentified body surfaces where least expected. Charlotte’s investigative prowess is challenged as never before: Can she find her brother in time—or will he, too, end up as a nameless corpse somewhere in the belly of London?

Writer is great

I believe reading this might have been better than listening. Narration was great and story is too but the story itself switched characters often and without any way for the listener to know. So I found myself getting very confused and having to rewind to figure out what character we were now listening to. That is my only issue with the book. It’s gets very confusing especially since all the woman and men sound the same

Excellent Reimagining of a Classic

I love this retelling of the Sherlock stories - so clever and fun - unique POV is a kick with each character.

The author brilliantly ramps up the suspense even if u think u know the tale.

I also LOVE that she manages to bring the reader up to speed if they didn’t read the last book without the first chapter needing to be a “retelling”.

What is it with people starting a series in the middle anyway?! If u decide to jump in on book two, ok, I get that; maybe book one was mostly setting up the series... But coming in on book 4 or 5 and expecting to be spoon fed the “world/rules”, the plot, and the characters - it’s a waste of time to the person who’s already invested! Just include a forward with the necessary info that we can skip over and get to the good stuff.

Ok, sorry about the rant.

Love the narrator; could listen to her all day. There are a lot of characters and she does an excellent job of giving them each their own voice.

Looking forward to the next one!