![]() I kept checking to see if I bought a large print book. Most books, I’d say, are point sizes 10-12. But the print on this book was like size 16. This is something that I never comment on, because I never think about it. The other thing I didn’t notice was the print size. I didn’t realize that when I bought the book. You’d think those would be right up my alley–psychological mysteries set in the early 20th century–but they’re very much not. Apparently he’s all the rage, what with his “Alienist” books. This has a supernatural flavor, a la “Hound of the Baskervilles,” because the residence where the murders took place is the palace of Mary, Queen of Scots, and home to a few devilish murders itself, making it supposedly ‘haunted.’ This pastiche sends Holmes and Watson to England to investigate a pair of suspicious deaths, mainly because Mycroft asks them to. The first I read was “The Italian Secretary” by Caleb Carr. But I finished a second Holmes pastiche the other night, and decided I’d just give a brief review of the both of them here. ![]() ![]() I hadn’t felt like reviewing, and my reading has slowed down quite a bit due to lack of interest and a revamping of my lifestyle. ![]()
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