Once again, it seems as though it's been a while since I posted to this blog.
I'm delighted to share the news of what I've been up to over the last year. I've been working on the news Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, which will be published by Crooked Lane.
The first book in the series is titled Elementary, She Read, and will be released on March 14, and is now available for pre-order in ebook and hardcover formats.
The discovery of a
rare and valuable magazine in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium takes
the highly perceptive Gemma Doyle and her ever-confused friend Jayne Wilson
deep into the world of Sherlockania.
Transplanted Englishwoman Gemma Doyle owns the Sherlock
Holmes Bookshop and Emporium in the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod,
specializing in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and the adjoining Mrs. Hudson’s
Tea Room. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing
the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne
Wilson set off to find the owner. What they find is a dead woman and Gemma’s
house ransacked.
The highly perceptive Gemma is the police’s first suspect,
so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name,
investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously
unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on
their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a
second murder scene, it's a race to uncover the truth before the detectives
lock them up for good.
Fans of Sherlock Holmes will delight in the sleuthing duo of
Gemma and Jayne in Elementary, She Read, the clever and captivating series
debut by nationally bestselling author Vicki Delany.
If you’d like a sneak peek at the first chapter, I’ve posted
it on my web page. www.vickidelany.com
