Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Reckoning

Sadly this Sherlock Holmes novel didn't work for me. The revenge plot is in itself an enjoyable one, and whilst I feel that the storyline was plausible this novel was ruined for me by the language.I feel that Mr Wright has severely misread both Holmes and Watson's characters and he has them both acting in ways in which we wouldn't normally see them. Holmes comes across as far too kind and moved by people's plight when in fact Sherlock is supposed to be irascible and not at all good with people.

Just would like to add a few words for this book since there aren’t any reviews up for it yet.There were some parts of this book, that I really liked but most of it, I didn’t really care that much for. There were some scenes, where I just couldn’t picture Sherlock saying something. Or most of the time, it was what Dr. Watson was saying and doing. I felt, that Dr. Watson was not living up, to what he was like in the canon. There were parts, that being a doctor, he should have known or most likely

The story is jarring, reminiscent of the Victorian penny dreadful, full of lurid descriptions that would be at home in Victorian reports of Jack the Ripper or in modern parlance a low budget "buckets of blood" movie.Does this author know who Sir A C Doyle's Holmes and Watson are ? Bloopers such as : Holmes is not a private detective he is a Consulting Detective, the world's only one. Holmes is over 6' tall, not under. Watson does not fart in front of Mrs Hudson, nor is he a bumbling fool. I very