Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Review of The Cat of the Baskerville's

The Cat of the Baskervilles (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #3)Title: The Cat of the Baskerville's 
Author: Vicki Delany 
Series: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery book 3
Pages: 304
Genre: Cozy mystery 
Rating: 5 star
 In The Cat of the Baskerville's the third book in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries by Vicki Delany Gemma Doyle no relation is sucked into helping her friend Jayne will an afternoon tea. To celebrate not only the town's theater putting on  The Hound of the Baskerville but Sir Nigel a famous theater actor who's cast as  Sherlock Holmes. However the tea doesn't go as planned and Sir Nigel ends up dead.  At first the lead female detective is convinced that Gemma is the prime suspect as   she is the one who found the body.  But the other detective who just happens to Gemma's ex isn't convinced. 

 Gemma just has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. As well as seeing things and clues that others have a habit of missing including the police. Which has become a sore spot between her the detectives, and besides no evidence points to her. Instead the police have their eyes set on Jayne's mother Leslie as the prime suspect.  Leaving Gemma  and Jayne no choice but to figure out who the real suspect is. 
The Cat of the Baskerville's isn’t your typical cozy mystery as Gemma isn't' really an amateur sleuth, she processes facts and clues much like Sherlock Holmes would do. It's what allowed her to solve two previous cases before the police. The first one to clear her name, the second to clear a friend’s name.   
The Cat of the Baskerville's just like the first two in the series kept me guessing from the beginning page to the last page.  Normally when I read mysteries I am able to figure out who done it before the end, not with this series. I personally like that in mystery, it keeps the surprises and the twist and turns going till the very end.  I can't wait to see what the next book in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries by Vicki Delany has in store. 

I received a  copy of The Cat of the Baskerville's by Vicki Delany   from the publisher through Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

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