![]() ![]() Horowitz’s humour and wit are as per usual present and a source of great amusement. ![]() Still, I was intrigued by our duo’s exploits, and by the way two seemingly unconnected cases intermingled with one another. This was intentionally frustrating, and more than once Holmes fails to explain his investigation to his friend-and by extent us. Readers, alongside Watson, will be for the most part in the dark when it comes to Holmes’ idiosyncratic investigations. As per usual Horowitz also cleverly combines more than one mystery together, throwing in many literary devices that have become conventions of the detective genre (ie. Horowitz captures the essence of the dynamic between Sherlock Holmes and Watson so that readers will find his portrayal of these two famous characters to be all too familiar. For the most part The House of Silk was an entertaining read. ![]()
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