Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780312932114
ISBN number: 0312932111
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 374
Printing Date: 1991-06
Publishing house: Tor Books
Sale Popularity Level: 1504181
Studio: Tor Books
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Diva/detective Irene Adler and her bridegroom, handsome barrister Godfrey Norton, are honeymooning in Paris when they become embroiled in an investigation: a drowned sailor's body has been recovered from the Seine, and on his chest is a tattoo. A tattoo like one Irene once saw in London-- on another sailor's chest, while the corpse lay upon Bram Stoker's dining room table. This clue will lead Irene to the very first beautiful blond American princess of Monaco, political and matrimonial treachery, and a sword duel as she and her new friend Sarah Bernhardt unravel the mystery-- with, of course, the help of Godfrey, Irene's faithful chronicler Miss Penelope Huxleigh, and Sherlock Holmes himself.
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I am hard to please when it comes to really good prose. The Adventuress by Carole Nelson Douglas exceeded my expectations. The mystery is great, the characters are so real you feel as though they can walk off the page and into your life, and the prose is engaging, interesting, filled with wit and humor, and draws you right in. There's no other way for me to describe it. Douglas's writing is just plain terrific. I felt as though I was in Paris and Monaco and seeing the sights and smelling the smells right along with the characters.
This book was my very first introduction to this series, so I plan to go back and read the very very first one, then continue on with the rest of the series.
I highly recommend this book to all fans of Victorian era murder mysteries, or murder mysteries in general. It doesn't contain any real blood, gore, or bad language, so in that sense, it's a bit of a cozy. But the writing is intelligent and the mystery is taut; it's not "fluffy" like some cozies tend to be.
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This little known series about Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival, Irene Adler is a gem. Ms. Douglas' writing is honest and she sets the stage for her books very well. This book is set in Paris and in Monaco in the late 1880's, and we see Irene, her husband Godfrey and their companian Penelope up to their eyes in secret societies, tattoos and sea adventures. And we actually have the great Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler meeting face to face. The solving of the mysteries becomes a race between these two great minds. The plot is tight, and the mystery is obscure enough to keep the reader guessing. And we even have buried treasure in the book to keep it interesting. I am really enjoying these stories of the mysterious Miss Adler.
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The Adventuress is the second in a series of mystery novels based on the career of Irene Adler Norton, a character from one of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In Doyle's A Scandal In Bohemia Irene Adler outsmarts Holmes and wins his lasting admiration. Carol Nelson Douglas has taken this story as the basis for a series of delightful mystery novels that include Holmes and his companion Watson in mysteries that run parallel to the Holmes stories.
She has also created a framework for this continued series based on a current day historian Fiona Witherspoon who has supposedly discovered the diaries of Irene's companion Penelope "Nell" Huxleigh and unpublished memoirs of Holmes and Dr. Watson that she blends into the novels of the series.
This novel (which was originally published as Good Morning, Irene) takes an obscure reference in Doyle's story "The Sign of the Four" to Holmes going to France on a case involving a missing young woman as the basis for The Adventuress. Also worked into the plot is the 1889 marriage of Alice, Duchess of Richelieu to Prince Albert Grimaldi of Monaco. Anchored on these two points, Ms. Douglas spins a tale of lost treasure and a secret society of men marked with alphabetic tattoos who are drowning by jumping into rivers. The missing girl, Sarah Bernhardt, and Sherlock Holmes all help in solving the mystery of the drowning men and lost treasure.
The story is told through Nell's journals and her prudish country parson's daughter point of view. She is great at describing the details of Irene's lovely wardrobe and meticulously preserving the incidents of the case. A great read in a delightful series of novels. No prior knowledge of Sherlock Holmes is needed to enjoy this book.
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Some people who use these review sites give low-star ratings to complain about some other matter than the content of the book. This book cover clearly lists the original title under the new one. You can't read it on the thumbnail, only on the enlarged cover image. Amazon should describe it as a "reissued edition" in the text, but that's not the book's fault. The Readers Guides explain why these new versions were retitled. Another publisher trespassed on the series titles, coming out with "Good Night, Irene," AFTER "Good Night, Mr. Holmes, "Good Morning, Irene," and "Irene at Large" were already out, causing a lot of confusion in distribution and even reviews. The retitled versions end the confusion. People who were misled by the thumbnail should write Amazon directly to rectify the listing. By the way, the book is very adventurous and amusing.
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Set in 19th century France, I am not generally a cozies reader, but the wonderful dialogue and study of society during this time more than made up for the lightness of the story. The contrast of the adventuresome Irene and the proper Penelope was absolutely delightful.
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