The Case of the Displaced Detective by Stephanie Osborn

In fact, I was a bit concerned that their first post-surgical frolic was taking place a bit too early.

In fact, she and Sherlock spend a significant fraction of this book recovering from being shot and beaten and bitten, all of which makes their conjugal exploits a bit tricky. Skye Chadwick does not die, although it is close. This is the second volume in the 4-volume omnibus I obtained from the publisher for review purposes.Īh-ooo, and Yay-o-lay! The awful cliffhanger at the end of the first volume is resolved! As I knew it would HAVE to be otherwise, the names of the subsequent parts of the omnibus would have been 'The Case of the Displaced Detective: Still Dead' 'Even Yet Dead', and 'No kidding, Dead.' While that might be amusing, it is NOT the sort of joke Stephanie Osborn plays upon her readers.

Having already lost Watson to the vagaries of spacetime, could he endure losing another companion? Can they work out the intricacies of their relationship? Can they determine the reason the spy ring is after the tesseract? And - most importantly - can they stop it? After all, it is not merely Skye's work the spies may be after - but her life as well. Holmes also feels attraction - but fights it tooth and nail, refusing to admit to the fact, even to himself. Knowing he eschews matters of the heart, however, she struggles to hide it, in order to maintain the friendship they do have, preferring said friendship to total alienation. Chadwick acknowledges to herself that she has fallen in love with Holmes. For the ups and downs between Holmes and Chadwick are due to something more than the occasional clash of demanding, eccentric personalities. How do they find the members of this diabolical spy ring when they do not even know what the ring is trying to accomplish? And how can they do it when Skye is recovering from no less than two nigh-fatal wounds? Further complicating matters is their relationship. Having foiled sabotage of Project: Tesseract by an unknown spy ring, Sherlock Holmes and Dr.

The Case of the Displaced Detective by Stephanie Osborn