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With My Little Eye: A Novel | Joshilyn Jackson

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

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For some reason, I‘m okay with Rachel absconding.

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Librarybelle I liked the riddle…admittedly, it‘s a little eye rolling to me, but it also has layers of history and secrecy. It‘s a code to something far bigger than the Musgraves themselves. I really had no deep thoughts on her fleeing & never being caught, though I applaud her resourcefulness to escape when she could. The “hysterical” woman stereotype was a little too much for me, but we‘ve discussed perceptions of women in past stories, so no surprise there. 4mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle imagine women have feelings and emotions. 😮 I thought it interesting that Doyle said fiery and Celtic together since he would be considered a Celt too, being from Scotland of Irish descent. Of course he‘s a man and in control of his emotions. Lol. I like the riddle too. 4mo

IndoorDame Oddly for all that she‘s fiery and Celtic, and suffering from a touch of brain fever and all that 🙄 I found this story emotionally flat so I also didn‘t think about whether she should have been allowed to escape or whether she should be prosecuted for her crimes. 4mo

dabbe It's interesting to note that in the the Granada TV version starring Jeremy Brett, it very clearly shows that Rachel threw herself into the mere with the bundle, and it actually shows her body being recovered later. Brain fever, indeed. 😱 Justice appears to be done in the tv show. 4mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle In a way, it‘s comical that no one in the ten generations figured out the riddle. But, and perhaps this is my cynical side, I could see this as plausible. These types of stories help to show Holmes‘s past investigations…it establishes him as someone who has been working on cases for longer than Watson‘s writings. 4mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle I considered that Doyle was making fun of upper class and the fact that they would inter marry. The first rule of genetics for an intelligent society, spread the genes apart. 4mo

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IndoorDame I find reading this one enjoyable in a comforting/nostalgic way. But the Musgraves not coming up with a single relative to catch on in all those years definitely strains believability (since Reginald‘s character isn‘t portrayed as particularly dim). And the investigative stories are more exciting and more of what I think of as typical SH 4mo

Librarybelle I hadn‘t thought of the critique on the upper class, @Cuilin , but that is very possible! 4mo

CrystalE02 I thought it was funny that it took so many generations to figure out the riddle. I have a feeling that Doyle was picking on the upper class in this story. 4mo

dabbe Well, it is an authentic “THE BUTLER DID IT“ story! And, good point, @Cuilin. Centuries of downright twits in the Musgrave family ... nobody in that family could figure out that is was directions to a place? 😳 #timetosuspendthatdisbelief 4mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle I liked that this story is based on a riddle, and one that the Musgraves passed down through the generations. It‘s more analytical than some of the other cases, as Holmes really has to solve the riddle in order to find out the reasons behind the odd happenings. 4mo

IndoorDame I have a fondness for this one. Maybe because it‘s so simple I can actually solve it when usually I don‘t even bother to try? ….. And Reginald was surprisingly good at laying out the facts of the case clearly, succinctly and completely, and oddly unemotional (actually this whole case lacked emotion) which made the 3 narrators thing work well for me and not get confusing 4mo

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Cuilin @IndoorDame I just noticed that there was no emotion in this case. It‘s probably also why I enjoyed it. It was quite a relaxing read. I know I solved it too, and I could not believe the Musgraves didn‘t understand what this piece of paper entailed. Though I would‘ve got all the math wrong. Lol 4mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin oh, me too! That math is so far beyond my comprehension it‘s laughable 4mo

CrystalE02 I enjoyed reading this story!!! I felt like there wasn't a ton of emotions to drag the storytelling all over the place. I felt like that Musgrave did contribute to the mystery of the story. 4mo

dabbe I loved all of the 221-B present-day new information we gain about SH in this one: “cigars in the coal-scuttle“; “unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece“, how Holmes would “sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks“, how their “chambers were always full of chemicals“ ... ⬇️ 4mo

dabbe ... “and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions“ ... How many depictions of the interior of 221B have been based almost entirely on this information? 4mo

Cuilin @dabbe you can see how every tv/movie adaptation uses this to design 221 B Baker St!!! (edited) 4mo

dabbe @Cuilin Exactly!!! 🤩 4mo

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FeatherV

Savage Stalker | Kathleen Kelly

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This book is intense

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The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Hi, Sherlockians~
Another fabulous discussion today. Next up: “The Musgrave Ritual”; link for more information re: the story is below (with a summary--spoiler alert!). Next discussion will be on 7/13 (due to the 4th of July weekend) and will be led by @Cuilin. Have a lovely week! 💚
Link:https://bit.ly/4bv9Fq2

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dabbe Thank you! 🤩🤗😀 5mo

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dabbe

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#TheMusgraveRitual

Hi, Sherlockians~
Another fabulous discussion today. Next up: “The Musgrave Ritual”; link for more information re: the story is below (with a summary--spoiler alert!). Next discussion will be on 7/13 (due to the 4th of July weekend) and will be led by @Cuilin. Have a lovely week! 💚
Link:https://bit.ly/4bv9Fq2

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rachelk

The Shadow House: A Novel | Anna Downes

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This is a fun mystery/thriller. Two separate but equally creepy and slowly intersecting story lines focus on mums trying to protect their children. I loved the characters, the plot twists and the resolution. I enjoyed her writing style and plan on reading her other books.

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