Published: Feb. 26, 2012
Words: 64,047 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781935722014

Short description

The game’s afoot again! Amelia Watson returns in a new collection of adventures that prove there was yet another master sleuth working in Edwardian London.

Extended description

The redoubtable Amelia Watson – the second wife of Dr. John H. Watson of Baker Street fame – returns for thirteen light-hearted adventures whose puzzles would tax the ingenuity of the master himself! Whether soaring over England in a hot air balloon; sailing the seas on board ship; journeying to Scotland on behalf of His Majesty himself; becoming enmeshed in a Royal conspiracy at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show; or following the clues of an ancient treasure hunt through the streets of Edwardian London, Amelia Watson is never far from a mystery, and never fails to solve the most baffling of conundrums.

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sherlock holmes dr watson amelia watson london england mystery

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Review by: jules103 on March 13, 2012 :
I read the first two stories and a portion of the third as a free sample, and immediately was hooked and had to buy the book.

Although this is a set of short stories, they do have an internal order.

Amelia Watson (nee Pettigrew) is the second wife of Dr. John Watson, the friend and chronicler of Sherlock Holmes. She gets frustrated at her husband's willingness to drop everything when Holmes calls him to assist on a case, but becomes more accepting after meeting Holmes in the first story. Amelia comments in a letter to a friend "Once again, it was 'Holmes, Holmes, Holmes, Holmes, Holmes.' But at least I had the satisfaction this time of knowing that when the two are out on one of their 'games,' Mr. Holmes is likewise treated to "Amelia, Amelia, Amelia, Amelia...'"
(possibly my favorite line in the book).

Holmes appears in about half the stories. In the second half of the book Amelia is the main detective.

Amelia is a very amusing and engaging character, and I look forward to reading more about her.

My one quibble with the content is with the portrayal of Irene Adler in the story "The Adventure of the Retiring Detective". It didn't ring true to the original Irene created by Conan Doyle. Someone intelligent enough to have outwitted Sherlock Holmes should have been able to figure out the answer that Amelia deduced.

I also wished for a table of contents in order to refer back to specific stories.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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