The Devil's Due
A Novella of the Breeds, from ENTHRALLED

I was introduced to Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes by my (now) 96 year old father many moons ago and I have loved those stories ever since. There have been many attempts to emulate Conan Doyle over the years but I think Bonnie MacBird has really captured a sense of the originals in this story for w......more

There are a huge amount of Sherlock Holmes stories available these days & many of them are extremely poor. However, if you are looking for a Holmes adventure that pays a fitting tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle then Bonnie MacBird is the only author you need to read. Her third novel featuring Holmes & W......more

I'm a bit uncertain how to rate this one. MacBird is spot-on with her characterization of Watson. Finally, we see an intelligent physician with a deep and abiding affection for his friend, a love of adventure, and someone who is physically and intellectually capable. Holmes is less neurotic and in t......more

The Devil's Due is a very entertaining Holmes/Watson novel. MacBird's second Sherlock manuscript is as entertaining as the first, and she still nails the tone of Conan Doyle. My one complaint is about sloppy editing. Commas appear in weird places and there are errors in tense. I'm not a "grammar Nazi......more

1890 and Holmes and Watson are investigating a spate of murders. The victims are some of London's most admired public figures who are also members of a secret group of philanthropists and each have died in some imaginative way to make it look like suicide or an accident. While Holmes is on the hunt......more