The Lost Eyes of the Serpent
by Jeremy Phillips
(The Rose Delacroix Files, #1)
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: August 8th 2016
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult
Welcome to my first book blitz (and to my newest book blog emoticon… “Meet A New Book.” He joins his brothers from my book rating scale.) I only recently joined Xpresso Book tours, and this is the first book that stood out enough for me to request to be a part of the Blitz.
The book has several things I enjoy, a Victoria setting, a retelling of a classic (with a twist- Sherlock Holmes is a women) and a good heroine.
It’s also interesting how book trends work because this month I had also put in for a First to Read copy of A Study In Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. It seems like to the season for feminine Sherlock Holmes retellings.
It may sound crazy, but Jonathan Delacroix is certain his sister Rose really is Sherlock Holmes…
Girls are not detectives. But in the summer of 1893, in the small western town of Hope Springs, Rose Delacroix is bound and determined to prove them all wrong. When the famous Emerald Serpent Jewels are stolen from the Delacroix family hotel and the blame lands solely on her older brother Bill, Rose recruits Jonathan as her Watson-like counterpart to solve the case.
Proving your brother innocent is difficult when the evidence keeps stacking up against him…
Before Rose and Jonathan can properly start their investigation, another robbery is committed. The rusty revolver purported to have once belonged to Wild Bill Hickok has been stolen from the general store and found hidden amongst her brother’s belongings. With Bill in jail, and the owner of the Serpent Jewels planning to sue the Delacroix hotel, Rose knows she has to find a lead, and soon.
A witness comes forward claiming they saw Bill steal the jewels, but Rose isn’t about to be bullied into ignoring the facts…
Rose and Jonathan must put their sleuthing skills to the test or witness their family fall to ruin due to…
…the lost eye of the serpent.
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Bottom Line:
I don’t know yet. The book sounds great, but since this is a promo blitz without a review copy I’m going to have to wait to find out how good it is. But for now it’s goes onto the TBR list.
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