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The Missing Maid

The Baker Street Mysteries, Book 1

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Meet Harriet White, Sherlock Holmes' feisty – and entirely fake – assistant, in this gloriously fun mystery, perfect for fans of Anita Prose, Verity Bright and Janice Hallett.

London, 1932. A young maid steps onto a train… and disappears. Her family writes to the only person they can think of to help: Sherlock Holmes. A shame then, that Mr Holmes isn’t real. But then, from a basement beneath 221b Baker Street, someone replies…

Harriet White knows responding to the maid’s family could land her in hot water, but she’s no stranger to trouble. It was refusing to cow to her over-familiar boss that saw her demoted to the postal department of their Baker Street head office in the first place. Her new job is to work through the mountain of correspondence addressed to the street’s most famous resident. But when this letter catches her eye, she knows she must do something to help the missing girl.

Harriet decides to act as Holmes’ new assistant, armed with only her love of Conan Doyle’s stories to guide her. But can she solve the case of the missing maid? Or does she risk losing her job – or much, much more – in the process?

©2024 Holly Hepburn (P)2024 Boldwood Books Cosy Crime Fiction Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Detective Sherlock Holmes England Fiction
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This book is quite different from Holly Hepburn’s usual style. I’ve loved all her romance novels and series, so stepping into a historical mystery from her felt like a big shift. It worked in parts, but the ending felt a little rushed for me. I really enjoyed the main character, Harry (Harriet) — she’s smart, determined, and easy to root for.

That said, I’m still intrigued enough to continue the series, and I’ll probably pick up the next instalments at some point.

Quite different from usual style

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The story was fairly average but the narrator had a very annoying habit of intermittently gasping for breath at the end of sentences. It’s normally either edited out or not as noticeable but with this narrator it was all the way through and really drew me out of the story and spoilt the enjoyment. I listened for 4hrs but it got ridiculous so I gave up.

Average Story but Annoying Narration

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Great writing
Can’t wait for more in this series!

Fast pace, easy listening. Great female sleuthing!!

Loved it!

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