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Murder on Cold Street

Murder on Cold Street, October 2020
Lady Sherlock #5
by Sherry Thomas

Berkley
Featuring: Charlotte Holmes
352 pages
ISBN: 0451492498
EAN: 9780451492494
Kindle: B082S2G4GQ
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"Lady Sherlock Is At It Again"

Fresh Fiction Review

Murder on Cold Street
Sherry Thomas

Reviewed by Sara Edmonds
Posted October 5, 2020

Romance Historical | Mystery Historical

Audio version - narrated by Kate Reading

MURDER ON COLD STREET is the latest in Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series. Inspector Treadles has collaborated on multiple cases with Charlotte Holmes. But this time, Charlotte must investigate the Inspector she normally works alongside. When Treadles is found in a room with his gun drawn and two dead men, Charlotte must sift facts from rumors and determine if both men’s death were conducted by Treadles.

Rumors and secrets are bountiful-was it rage, an affair, or an act to protect his wife. Both men worked in the factory that his wife recently inherited, and the overwhelming rumor is that Treadles killed to assist his wife.  Treadles isn’t talking so Charlotte is left to wade through the theories on her own. Luckily, she is assisted by Mrs. Watson, Lord Ingram, and others that don’t believe things are as they seem at first glance.

Sherry Thomas delivers more depth to these characters with each new book in this series. It is a delight to see Charlotte as a character continue to deepen emotionally, something I felt was lacking in the first couple of books. In addition to the murders, Charlotte must contend with her growing feelings for Lord Ingram- who has always been her friend but had recently been her lover. And Charlotte notices that Lord Ingram is acting differently- and shifts in feelings and actions are hard for Charlotte to interpret. Charlotte is no coward though and begins to enjoy the new feelings she has with each interaction with Lord Ingram.

Ingram is lighter in mind and freer in commitments since he filed for divorce, and he seems to have finally made up his mind about him and Charlotte. The thoughts that each of them has as they gaze at each other is a delight- as they must solve this mystery first but know that their relationship is changing and alight with possibilities.

The last couple of installments has also allowed the other characters of the series to deepen as well- Charlotte’s sister, Livia, has had her own adventures and relationship, and as she interacts with her family you get more understanding of why the Holmes girls are the way they are.

In true Sherlock fashion, the idea of Moriarty has also started to develop- as characters in that story line are starting to have more interaction with Charlotte Holmes, Lord Ingram, and Charlotte’s sister. The air of danger is there, and Charlotte senses it, but the true danger of Moriarty is something that is starting to loom over everyone.

I am looking forward to the next book in the series and can’t wait to see how these story lines develop- and hope the series continues for a while.

And it goes without saying--any woman who enjoys and thinks better while eating cake, is a character I want to know.

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SUMMARY

Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, investigates a puzzling new murder case that implicates Scotland Yard inspector Robert Treadles in the USA Today bestselling series set in Victorian England. 
 
Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at the great manufacturing enterprise she has recently inherited. 
 
Rumors fly. Had Inspector Treadles killed the men because they had opposed his wife’s initiatives at every turn? Had he killed in a fit of jealous rage, because he suspected Mrs. Treadles of harboring deeper feelings for one of the men? To make matters worse, he refuses to speak on his own behalf, despite the overwhelming evidence against him.
 
Charlotte finds herself in a case strewn with lies and secrets. But which lies are to cover up small sins, and which secrets would flay open a past better left forgotten? Not to mention, how can she concentrate on these murders, when Lord Ingram, her oldest friend and sometime lover, at last dangles before her the one thing she has always wanted?


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