Sherlock & Watson 2.0
Sometimes you pick up a book and it just seems to fit perfectly in your hand and you open up to that first page and the words form pictures in your head from the first sentence. That's how you know you've found an excellent book, and I found one this weekend. I had heard loads of buzz about A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro, so when I spotted it in Barnes & Noble, I had to take a peek. It hooked me so much that I actually stood there in the bookstore reading the first twelve pages. I bought it, and read another fifty pages that night. After that, I had to physically make myself read it more slowly and still finished it yesterday. It's one of the best mysteries with the best characters that I've read in a long while. If you're familiar with the old Sherlock Holmes series at all, you'll love this quirky and exciting retelling. One of the main characters and narrator is Jamie Watson, the however-many-greats-grandson of the famous Watson. (Yes, in th