It's the time of Jack the Ripper and, even though the man is mainly working in England, Inspector Jackson Davies has heard of a similar murder in Placer, Montana. So Felicity Carrol, heiress, scientist, and mystery-solver (as we are told in a giant info dump and repeatedly) decides to go to America to see if she can discover anything more about the murder there. And, in fact, she does discover who Jack the Ripper is but she is also injured. She also has a bit of romance with the local sheriff.This was an okay story and I think that most readers of Sherlock Holmes will not quibble with a woman who knows all and can solve all. It took me a long time to get into this story that I think wouldn't've happened had I read the first book.
Three stars
This book came out February 11th
ARC kindly provided by Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own
