Sherlock Book Reviews - The Woman In Red
Publié par Steve Emecz le
The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
Jeff Cody, vice-president of marketing and communications at a small Catholic university in Erin, Ohio, is an unsuccessful writer of hard-boiled crime stories. Outclassed by his brother-in-law, Professor Sebastian McCabe BSI, a leading author and amateur detective, Jeff serves as a sometimes rather grudging Watson to Sebastian’s Holmes. Both have a fondness for the super-heroes and villains of graphic novels, so naturally they attend the Tri-State Comic Book Expo when it comes to Erin. One speaker is a local celebrity, Parker Williams, high-flying writer-artist, who has been accused of stealing the character of his new villain from a hopeful newcomer, Gavin Frost-Pierson — also at the Expo.
Soon Williams is found dead in a lift, but was Frost-Pierson responsible? Many of the fans were dressed as characters from the comics, so was he, perhaps, the “woman in red”, apparently mentioned in a note left by the victim? Sebastian hasn’t yet got over a miscalculation in his previous investigation, The English Garden Mystery; he’s less sure of himself than usual, and this case becomes exceptionally complex, especially when there’s a second murder…
This is the 14th book in the McCabe and Cody series, and the ingenuity and wit show no sign of flagging.
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