Format: E-Galley, 368 pages
Release Date: November 2nd 2021
Publisher: Berkley Books
Source: Publisher
Genre: Historical / Mystery
Charlotte Holmes comes face to face with her enemy when Moriarty turns to her in his hour of need, in the USA Today bestselling series set in Victorian England.
A most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes's doorstep:
Moriarty himself. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter
and wants Charlotte to find out the truth.
Charlotte and Mrs.
Watson travel to a remote community of occult practitioners where
Moriarty's daughter was last seen, a place full of lies and liars.
Meanwhile, Charlotte’s sister Livia tries to make sense of a mysterious
message from her beau Mr. Marbleton. And Charlotte’s longtime friend and
ally Lord Ingram at last turns his seductive prowess on Charlotte—or is
it the other way around?
But the more secrets Charlotte
unravels about Miss Moriarty’s disappearance, the more she wonders why
Moriarty has entrusted this delicate matter to her of all
people. Is it merely to test Charlotte's skills as an investigator, or
has the man of shadows trapped her in a nest of vipers?
Miss Moriarty, I Presume? is the 6th installment in author Sherry Thomas' Lady Sherlock series. I dare say that this book is the one that readers have been expecting for a very long time and could lead to some interesting things to come. It's time for Charlotte Holmes and friends to meet the dastardly villain known as Moriarty face to face. It is February 1887, and Charlotte gets the most unusual request. For awhile now, Charlotte and her trusty sidekick Mrs Watson have known they were under surveillance by people working for Moriarty.
In fact, Lord Ash, who has become Charlotte's secret lover, even comes up with ways to escape if things go sideways. Moriarty, calling himself Mr. Baxter, seems to believe his daughter, one Miss Baxter, may be in the hands of a cult called Garden of Hermopolis. Charlotte begins to investigate but is also justifiably wondering if she is falling into a trap. For readers of this series, refresh your memory by wading through your notes, or review for The Art of Theft and by reading Murder on Cold Street.
Charlotte knows she can't say no to "Mr. Baxter." She knows that to tip
her hand, the game would would be up and the game would get even more
dangerous affecting Mrs. Watson, as well as her sister Livia who is still single and has no marriage prospects. Accompanied by the loyal Mrs. Watson, Charlotte travels to the
remote cult to try to find Miss Baxter and the truth. Charlotte
knows there is much, much more to the request than it seems. It doesn’t
take Holmes very long to figure out what Moriarty is up to, but
thwarting him will depend on the cooperation of a number of other
people.
At the same time, Stephen Marbleton is back on the
scene, leaving cryptic messages around London that Livia is scrambling
to decode. As readers may remember, Livia fell hard for Mr. Marbleton and London has been her escape while she is writing Sherlock's tales. Livia's participation has become regular over the last few books. She travels with Lord Ash at one point, and is always in the background.
Charlotte’s
forbidden romance with Lord Ingram goes further than ever before with plenty of sexual innuendo's and implied sexual situations. The
relationship between the characters is fraught with history: former
wives, siblings, illegitimate family members -- all tie Charlotte and
Ingram to Moriarty and his minions. I think the ending makes a whole lot of sense. Charlotte and Marguerite meet and readers should be eager to see if the two can manage to survive. Can they pull it off? Can they make Moriarty think he’s won –
without actually letting him do so? Can both Holmes and
Moriarty’s daughter exist peacefully, or will it be a fight to the last breath?
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