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The Devil's Grin

door Annelie Wendeberg

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In Victorian London's cesspool of crime and disease, a series of murders remains undiscovered until a cholera victim is found floating in the city's drinking water supply. Dr. Anton Kronberg, England's best bacteriologist, is called upon to investigate and finds evidence of abduction and medical maltreatment. While Scotland Yard has little interest in pursuing the case, Kronberg pushes on and crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes. The detective immediately discovers Kronberg's secret-a woman masquerading as a man in order to practice medicine-a criminal deed that could land her in prison for years to come. But both must join forces to stop a crime so monstrous, it outshines Jack the Ripper's deeds in brutality and cold-bloodedness.… (meer)
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Anna Kronberg masquerades as a male doctor, Anton Kronberg to be able to practice medicine in London. He/she is called in when a dead body is found in the drinking water supply. Sherlock Holmes is also called in and he quickly discovers that Anton is a woman, but he doesn't reveal it to anyone. Soon Anna/Anton and Sherlock Holmes is working together in the case since the dead body is only the tip of the iceberg.

On the plus side; the book is so short it was a quick read. On the negative side; the book was so short that it lacked any depth to the story. The story wasn't that bad, the case was interesting, but I had problems with the writing and the characters. As I said before the book lacked any depth, and I can't help to compare it with Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell series but without likable characters and without Kings ability to entrance her readers with a fantastic story and a great writing. I love books that pull you into the story and don't let go. This one lacks the ability to do so.

Also, something that really feels wrong. Sherlock Holmes or the man Annelie Wendeberg calls Sherlock Holmes because he doesn't feel or act, or speak as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes would do. I don't mind reading other people's stories about Sherlock Holmes, but when they twist him into a different person that doesn't feel like Sherlock Holmes anymore, well that's it for me.

Lucky for me I paid nothing for this book. Too bad that I bought the next book before I read this one. But it didn't cost me so much, only $2.99. So I will read it one day, but not now. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
Dr. Anton Kronberg is a bacteriologist who is called in by the police to the scene of a body - a cholera victim - who has been found floating in the city's drinking water supply. There he meets Sherlock Holmes who in the space of a few minutes has discovered the Doctor's secret. They then join forces to solve the crime of the cholera victims ( )
  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
Dr. Anton Kronberg is a bacteriologist who is called in by the police to the scene of a body - a cholera victim - who has been found floating in the city's drinking water supply. There he meets Sherlock Holmes who in the space of a few minutes has discovered the Doctor's secret. They then join forces to solve the crime.
An enjoyable re-read.
Received an Advanced Review Copy of the revised edition ( )
  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
As the story opens we meet Dr. Anton Kronberg, the leading epidemiologist of his time, when he is called to examine a cholera victim in the north of London. Anton Kronberg is actually Anna Kronberg, who disguises herself as a man in order to be able to practice medicine in a world in which women are not allowed to. Her specialty is cholera and tetanus. While examining the victim, she meets Sherlock Holmes, who despite his well known fame, is someone she's never heard of before. He immediately sees through her disguise and they decide to work together to solve the case.

The story is told primarily through Anna. Holmes more than meets his match in intelligence and deductive talents in this partnership. They are masters at reading between the lines and constantly try to figure each other out. They feel an attraction, which works well in the Laurie King novels, but didn't ring true for me here. However, this is only the first book in the series and the attraction may work better in the sequel.

The story is a bit dark, but it's very fast-paced and engaging. The London setting was very atmospheric. I was really fascinated with Anna Kronberg and found the ways she maintained her disguise to be very creative. The book has a few issues, like almost all first novels, but none of them stopped me from enjoying this Holmes-inspired mystery or picking up The Fall, the next book in the series. ( )
  Olivermagnus | Jul 2, 2020 |
Free Kindle d/l in 2013. I was surprised to find Sherlock Holmes as a major character. I was also surprised that it was a good read except for: 1) I have no idea why the name of the book 2) the ending wasn't really an ending, and that's probably why there are 3 more books in this series! I've got many more books to read, but I would not be opposed to continue this series ( )
  Tess_W | Apr 9, 2020 |
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In Victorian London's cesspool of crime and disease, a series of murders remains undiscovered until a cholera victim is found floating in the city's drinking water supply. Dr. Anton Kronberg, England's best bacteriologist, is called upon to investigate and finds evidence of abduction and medical maltreatment. While Scotland Yard has little interest in pursuing the case, Kronberg pushes on and crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes. The detective immediately discovers Kronberg's secret-a woman masquerading as a man in order to practice medicine-a criminal deed that could land her in prison for years to come. But both must join forces to stop a crime so monstrous, it outshines Jack the Ripper's deeds in brutality and cold-bloodedness.

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