Then we’ll send each other chapters of the opening scenes–Anna doing the Lucy chapters and me doing Watson’s. We start with the core situation of the story and exchange emails on that. “Well, now I know I owe you my life,” said Lucy, her eyes shining. Holmes said quietly, “Lucy, I owe you my life.” Towards the end of the first book there’s this exchange of dialogue, after Lucy saves Holmes in a gunfight and learns whose daughter she really is: And they save each other’s life again and again. Generally, Holmes takes the role of cautious parent when advising Lucy - but he doesn’t always get his way. Then they exchange thoughts and draw their own conclusions. Our Sherlock and Lucy each go to different places and investigate different parts of the central problem. In our stories, the two are not competing and the conflict is never the sort you would find in a ‘buddy’ movie. Of course, she’s admired him ever since she read Watson’s accounts of his adventures when she was an American schoolgirl. Sherlock has a deep and abiding respect for Lucy, and vice versa. What kind of relationship do Sherlock and Lucy have and how do they complement each other? We imagine the situations and Lucy takes it from there. Watson described her there, and when she entered a few pages later, she took on a life of her own. What was your creative process for writing Lucy James?Īnna had the idea of where she’d be the first time Holmes and Watson would see her – on the stage at the D’Oyly Carte opera, singing the lead in The Mikado. At first we wondered how readers would respond to our bringing a daughter into Holmes’s life, but the overwhelming majority of reviews are enthusiastic supporters of the idea. And Holmes is so familiar to us both that it’s a joy imagining what he’d do when faced with a particular problem. We’re in a wonderful tradition, with a lot of brilliant company. What’s it like crafting stories about the great Sherlock Holmes? "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Q&A for Charles Veley & Anna Elliott, authors of The Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James Mystery Series Throw in Lucy's upcoming wedding, Watson's romantic rekindling after his wife's death and Holmes coping with being a father, a soon to be father-in-law and a new set of emotions and feelings to deal with and you have a new Sherlock Holmes tale worthy of the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries. Like the Sherlock Holmes chronicled before, this new book contains memorable rogues and angels, mysteries upon mysteries and nothing and no one ever appears as it/they really are. I cannot recommend this series enough to anyone who enjoys mysteries or Sherlock Holmes. - The Nerdy Girl Express Lucy James allows for a mellowing of Sherlock's perpetually crime focused nature and the writing that Elliott and Veley do to make these characters work so well together is exceptionally well done. Anna Elliott and Charles Veley are able to weave these all together in a way that feels natural and perfectly Sherlockian. This novel includes not one mystery, but a multitude. The Return of the Ripper is an intriguing take on both the Holmes canon and the most famous unsolved case in history. She is engaging, intelligent, and brings out another side to the Great Detective that readers rarely see. Lucy proves to be a marvelous addition to the world of Holmes. And yet, the book doesn't feel overburdened, moving neatly from plot point to plot point without abruptness or haste. The Return of the Ripper is perhaps the busiest Holmes novel in the canon, offering four cases for Sherlock to solve, a wedding, and the Ripper. Although this is a standalone story I would recommend reading from Book One, if not already done so, to follow the development of the characters and their interplay. And Watson is asked to solve a series of thefts.I really enjoy this series, good mysteries, strong characters and well-written. Meanwhile Holmes is asked to investigate the theft of diamonds belonging to Cecil Rhodes. But a body is found, making the police believe that Jack has returned. (NetGalley) It's 1897 and Lucy and Jack are planning their wedding. This is definitely a series that all Holmes fans will love. They captured the relationship between Watson and Holmes in a way that could have been written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The authors perfectly captured the wit and sarcasm of Holmes. I have read bad attempts at continuing his story and some good ones. I have always been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. Advance reviews via NetGalley: I LOVED this book.
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