Two thumbs up!
A grisly murder on Salisbury Hill at the legendary Stonehenge and the world famous detective Sherlock Holmes is on the case. Aided by his trusty associate Dr. Watson, Holmes is plunged into a world of Celtic lore. When more people start showing up dead in ritualized fashion with blood symbols painted on their bodies Holmes find some self in a race against time to stop the killer from striking again. This was a great adventure. The beginning picks you right up where the story begins to rise and doesn't stop until the end. I love that the Ogham symbols were included in the book as they would have been very difficult to describe. It gives the reader more of a feel for the story at hand. Okay there is one flaw that I found in the book that I have to point out just for myself... In the book that uses the words Gael and Gaul interchangeably as if they were synonymous when in fact they are two separate peoples in history. But of course I'm nitpicking here and the Casual reader looking for a good story would definitely not pick that up unless they were a history not like I am. I understand that this is just a fantasy story but I am anal and that is like nails on a chalkboard for me LOL. I enjoyed the story at great lengths. I think besides the minor flaw that I pointed out the author really did his homework on the subject. It must have taken him a long while to gather all the information he needed in order to write this book and I greatly respect that. The Sherlock Holmes character and the Doctor Watson character are both very believable and true to the characters that we've come to know and enjoy. I believe Arthur Conan Doyle would have been very impressed with this work. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good murder mystery or the great Sherlock Holmes adventure series.
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