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The
year is 2023 and three angels of justice swoop onto the stage of Private
Investigations in New York City. They are named after the great sleuths of
literature – Holmes, Marple and Poe and have many shared characteristics with
their namesakes. They are obviously rich, intelligent and have good connections
in high places but have no background data on any search engine.
First
they must find a base from which to carry out their operations – where else
more suitable than a disused bakery which boasts the unsolved murder of a young
girl who worked there decades ago? The building is immediately bought and
transformed into both an office and living accommodation for the trio.
A
year later, they are accruing criminal transgressions unsolvable by the NYPD.
They befriend Lieutenant Helene Grey after she approaches them indirectly for
help with an insolvable art theft. A kidnapping happens. Well-known art dealers
are found not to be what they are. Car chases, shootings, a murder, a haunting,
love interests....all will eventually be unravelled by the three investigators.
Patterson
and Sitts have concocted a delightfully light-hearted and enjoyable crime novel
which will appeal to all readers. I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, the reader
is left perplexed – who really are Holmes, Marple and Poe?
5 stars
Reviewed by Liz. Thank you to Penguin Random House for sending us a copy to review.
