Welcome to 222 Baker Street, West London, New England, home of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. Proprietor Gemma Doyle's uncle purchased the building, after failing to convince the owner of 221 Baker Street to sell. Then he began his bookshop, which Gemma now runs and co-owns, as well as Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room next door. Just that might be enough to lure into reading, but in case it isn't... Gemma shares many characteristics with the Great Detective. She sees and observes. She notices patterns and occurrences that others overlook. She also has problems with personal relationships due to her hyper-attentiveness and a lack of some social skills. But when there is a mysterious murder in the quiet town of West London with Gemma and her bet friend Jayne finding the body, Gemma uses the skills she does have to assist in the investigation. Well, she tries to assist but the police rather firmly tell her to leave it to them. Typical.
Everything about this book will pull you in if you are the least bit interested in Sherlock, whatever the incarnation. The bookshop sells books and movies from all the various writers and actors that have added to his legend. There is the shop's cat, Moriarty. And the fact that the murder victim seems to have possessed a rare copy of the first ever appearance of Sherlock in print just adds to the layers surrounding the motive and perpetrator of the crime. I haven't read any of the authors other mysteries, but I plan to grab Bookshop Mystery #2 as soon as I see it.
I read an e-book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
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