A "fast, fun" cozy mystery "full of Sherlockian lore"-set at a Cape Cod bookshop run by a "heroine as observant as the Great Detective himself" (Carolyn Hart, New York Times-bestselling author)!
When murder pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, Gemma Doyle must use the powers of deduction to find the killer-and clear her own name.
Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop-located at 222 Baker Street-specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also home to Moriarty the cat. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne (who runs the adjoining Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room) set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.
Gemma is the police's first suspect, so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name, investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a second murder scene, it's a race to uncover the truth before the detectives lock them up for good.
When murder pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, Gemma Doyle must use the powers of deduction to find the killer-and clear her own name.
Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop-located at 222 Baker Street-specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also home to Moriarty the cat. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne (who runs the adjoining Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room) set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.
Gemma is the police's first suspect, so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name, investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a second murder scene, it's a race to uncover the truth before the detectives lock them up for good.
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Bookseller Gemma Doyle follows the killer’s trail after finding a body on the beach in national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s twelfth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.
Jayne Wilson is excited for the visit of a prominent food and travel blogger to Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. The blogger, Brianna Lombard, is charming and friendly, but Jayne’s business partner, Gemma Doyle—owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium—notices tension between Brianna and her staff, all of whom are her relatives.
The next morning, when at the beach for her regular swim, Gemma comes across the dead body of a member of Brianna’s circle. When the police focus on Brianna herself, Gemma decides to come to the aid of her new friend. She soon discovers that the world of influencers is not always an easy one. Brianna begins getting threatening messages, not only on her social media pages but to her personal phone number. Is someone trying to reduce—or remove—Brianna’s burgeoning involvement in the world of food influencing, or is the crime far more personal? And what about Brianna’s feuding family, with a distant father, a bitter mother, a squabbling divorced couple, a half brother the same age as her, and lazy, but greedy relatives?
Meanwhile, Donald Morris decides to set himself up as a Sherlock influencer. Can Gemma avoid his pleas to get involved?
Jayne Wilson is excited for the visit of a prominent food and travel blogger to Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. The blogger, Brianna Lombard, is charming and friendly, but Jayne’s business partner, Gemma Doyle—owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium—notices tension between Brianna and her staff, all of whom are her relatives.
The next morning, when at the beach for her regular swim, Gemma comes across the dead body of a member of Brianna’s circle. When the police focus on Brianna herself, Gemma decides to come to the aid of her new friend. She soon discovers that the world of influencers is not always an easy one. Brianna begins getting threatening messages, not only on her social media pages but to her personal phone number. Is someone trying to reduce—or remove—Brianna’s burgeoning involvement in the world of food influencing, or is the crime far more personal? And what about Brianna’s feuding family, with a distant father, a bitter mother, a squabbling divorced couple, a half brother the same age as her, and lazy, but greedy relatives?
Meanwhile, Donald Morris decides to set himself up as a Sherlock influencer. Can Gemma avoid his pleas to get involved?