By Kelly Bridgewater
A continuation of USA Today bestselling
author Leonard Goldberg's Daughter of Sherlock Holmes series, The
Abduction of Pretty Penny finds Joanna and the Watsons on the tail of
an infamous killer.
Joanna and the Watsons are called in by the Whitechapel
Playhouse to find Pretty Penny, a lovely, young actress who has gone missing
without reason or notice. While on their search, the trio is asked by Scotland
Yard to join in the hunt for a vicious murderer whose method resembles that of
Jack The Ripper. It soon becomes clear that The Ripper has reemerged after a
28-year absence and is once again murdering young prostitutes in Whitechapel.
Following a line of subtle clues, Joanna quickly reasons that
Pretty Penny has been taken capture by the killer. But as Joanna moves closer
to learning his true identity, the killer sends her a letter indicating her
young son Johnny will be the next victim to die. Time is running out, and
Joanna has no choice but to devise a most dangerous plan which will bring her
face-to-face with the killer. It is the only chance to protect her son and
rescue Pretty Penny, and save both from an agonizing death.
My
Thoughts:
The
Abduction of Pretty Penny by Leonard Goldberg is a
delightful story full of wit and twists and turns in the style of format of
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. I have been a fan of Doyle's hero,
Sherlock Holmes, for a number of years, so I have been very skeptical of a
number of the fan fiction about Holmes stories. Usually they are not written
really well or researched well, and they make me put the story down. BUT when I
was memorized by the covers of the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes' stories, I was
hoping the stories would be just as captivating. Luckily, Goldberg does not
disappoint. In The Abduction of Pretty
Penny, the story is a hunt for an up and coming actress, Pretty Penny, who
has gone missing. Of course, my favorite part was the hunt for Jack the Ripper,
who they believe has come out of hiding and has stolen these women again. I
enjoyed the hunt, and could not wait to see who the kidnapper and murderer was.
Goldberg did a fabulous job with this story. I definitely want to own all these
stories and have them on my shelf. If a reader is a fan of Sherlock Holmes,
these are the nearest stories to the actual ones that I have come across. Give
them a try.
I received a complimentary copy of The Abduction of Pretty Penny by Leonard
Goldberg by Minotaur Books, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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