What a consuming read!
Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (Lady Sherlock #6) by Sherry Thomas
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To come face to face with her nemesis Moriarty is not what Charlotte expected. Moriarty, using the pseudonym Mr. Baxter turns up with Mr. Marbleton to engage Miss Holmes. To be asked to rescue Moriarty’s daughter from a group of occultists in Cornwall—Hermatists is quite the shock. Apparently Moriarty had forced her to return to him but that was short lived. She had returned to the commune with certain obligations. It seems Miss Baxter has been leading Moriarty quite the dance. Engaged to six unsuitable men in fifteen months, he gave into her imploring as he didn’t want to be seen as her ‘jailer.’ Moriarty’s solicitor has not been able to see ‘Miss Baxter.’ Needless there are some alarming aspects. So many things afoot! Just what is Charlotte going to discover. Apart from the fact that Moriarty is able to exercise an hypnotic quality. Pertinent in these days of seances. Miss Baxter’s situation is indeed problematic. Moriarty is endeavoring to control his daughter as much as he controls Marbleton. The irony of Mr. Marbleton’s situation is not lost on either Charlotte or Marbleton. And others have suffered as Moriarty extends that power. As we become well aware.
Charlotte’s sister Livia is fearful of Moriarty’s visit and struck anew by her love for Stephen Marbleton, a man in service to Moriarty. Charlotte is convinced Marbleton has left a message for them. She is desperate to find out what. Livia takes on some of this enquiry.
Lord Ingham becomes involved of course and his and Charlotte’s relationship ratchets up a knot or two. I was in stitches over Charlotte’s rather salacious letters to Ingham. And her knitting! Oh my, she’s deliciously wicked!
Livia has always annoyed me but in this instance I was awed by her determination. She’s coming out of her shell.
Chock full off intrigue, double blinds, red herrings, and quadrupled excitement, this Lady Sherlock episode is a grand statement indeed!
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