A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock #8) by
Sherry Thomas
For fans of witty banter, gender-swapped Sherlock, and intricate mysteries!
My favorite Sherlock is back! First, a bit about the series that is important to know: you can start here since Thomas does a great job of giving you the background info you need on all long-running plots and characters; however, it will ruin the previous books for you as many of those reveals were past twists and cliffhangers.
As for this book, I’m going to be a little vague because I don’t want to spoil past books nor anything in this one. This book contains Charlotte Holmes in the interrogation seat, Lord Ingram, a missing person case, a murder mystery, Moriarty, friends and foes, antagonists, and of course twists and witty banter!
This remains one of my favorite series, and I will continue dropping whatever I’m doing the second I get my hands on the next installment (as I’ve done since the first book).
The audiobook has a lovely narrator in Kate Reading.
If you want to start at the beginning(ish), pick up either the first or second in the series A Study in Scarlet Women and
A Conspiracy in Belgravia.