Background On An Upcoming Review--- "The Girl Who Wanted To Be Sherlock Holmes" by Bill Crider

I have written before here about  how I go about writing a review in longhand, Scott or sometimes Sandi (if she feels well enough) types it for me, and then I go back  over the review and edit. I think doing things that way works out for a better review.

As part of that editing process after I am happy with what I wrote, I usually go read a bunch of reviews to see what other folks have said about the material. If a number of folks mention the same thing-- as happened recently with Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child that was reviewed here-- I consider whether or not to mention it in my review. I also go poking around to see what else is out there on the book. If there is a back story I always read that.

Such was the case here by way of Ed Gorman's excellent blog. One you should be reading if you are not already. I found on his blog a post  written by Bill Crider back in late April 2011 explaining the backstory behind The Girl Who Wanted To Be Sherlock Holmes.  You ought to go read it and can do so here.

Back when I was doing Sample Sunday deals here on the blog, Bill contributed Chapter One of the book and you can read that here if you like.

The book is a good one and I review it here on the blog tomorrow.