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Charlotte is her father's pet and her mother's despair. Gladwell, the widow of Sir Henry's cousin, whom Charlotte has figured out is also Sir Henry's mistress. She at least takes pleasure from writing incessantly in her journal.

Sister Livia, Charlotte's only friend, has had eight unsuccessful Seasons and is prone to depression. The next sister, Bernadine, is so withdrawn that she is no longer taken out in society today we probably would diagnose her as autistic, perhaps epileptic, and anorexic to boot. It remains to be seen whether she has adopted her mother's habit of slapping hapless servants and unruly daughters. Henrietta, the eldest, has modeled herself after her unpleasant mother, and is married to a Mr. Charlotte is the youngest of four daughters born to the unhappily-wed Sir Henry and Lady Holmes. Conan Doyle never showed us the very young Sherlock, so Thomas is free to experiment here. It is very easy to see Sherlock in Charlotte Holmes's personality, mannerisms, and intellect. But Sherlock Holmes? As a woman? Even though I am a long-time Sherlockian, I am not fanatical about the sanctity of Conan Doyle's canon - so why not? I can enthusiastically report that Thomas has pulled off this challenge in a first-rate manner. Sherry Thomas is one of the best historical romance authors of the past decade, so I had no concerns that she could write a good historical mystery. She has such a wonderfully wide repetoire of male and female voices and accents that it's easy to forget that you're listening to just one person. I wrote the following review for the Kindle version of this book, so I will simply add that Kate Reading's narration makes the story even better.

(Oct.First-rate author and first-rate narrator Agent: Kristin Nelson, Nelson Literary Agency. Those looking for a very different Sherlockian lead will be rewarded. That communiqué brings Scotland Yard into the case and affords Charlotte an opportunity to exercise her skills on a complex mystery. She writes to the coroner overseeing the inquest for aristocrat Harrington Sackville to suggest that Sackville’s apparent overdose of chloral is connected to the deaths of two of his relatives who expired shortly before he did, each of apparently natural causes. She settles in London, where she uses her gift for “discernment” to provide helpful guidance to the police under the alias Sherlock Holmes. Charlotte’s choice to lose her virginity to a married man leads to her banishment from her family’s country house. Charlotte Holmes, the independent-minded, upper-class heroine of this promising series launch set in 1886 England from Thomas ( My Beautiful Enemy), has no wish to be married off like her older sisters and relegated to second-class status for the rest of her life.