The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - the author brings back his detective after killing him off in his previous collection. Thirteen short stories, including The Adventure of the Empty House in which Holmes returns. Watson is the real mystery, sometimes he's married, sometimes he's making a living as a doctor, sometimes he's not.
3 stars
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - eight short stories, as always selected by Watson to show the brilliance of Holmes. Ending with a rather odd story not told by Watson right before the advent of WWI.
3 stars
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - the last 12 short stories published. Some told by Holmes himself. The Adventures of the Lion's Mane was my favorite. What struck me in re-reading all these stories is how much we think we know of Holmes is from how he's been portrayed in movies and shows. Many of his mannerisms and catch phrases are not that evident in the actual stories.
3 stars
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Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger - imo, this did not live up to the hype. Billed as a cross between horror and thriller, I found it rather bland. A young woman with a psychic gift gets involved in the search for a missing child. But part of the book read as almost a romance novel. I don't believe in psychic stuff so that wasn't scary to me. Almost too much character development and yet so much left unexplained. Very unsatisfying. I'm in the minority on Goodreads.
2 stars
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A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George - I had to give up on this book by one of my favorite authors. 540 pages is too long for a mystery. And a fourth of the way in the murder had still not been committed. By then I didn't care who got knocked off.
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