A Puzzle of Poppies
SFINCS review Phase 2
This was a Grey's Anatomy meets Sherlock holmes. late 1800s with political machinations at work as you follow a doctor transported to a magical island which has direct ties to London. There is a series of murders and a doctor and the detective need to find out who did it and why.
This is a noir book with a hint of romance and is remininscent in its writing style to reflect the time period. The prose was good, and there was some odd choices in telling the story. Oddly enough, it's epistolary, as in letters to the narrator's sister. They do detail the day by day, but go off also describe the intentions of certain individuals, bias of the doctor being a doctor.
The descriptions of this new world captivated me. I enjoyed it.
There were some weird things that took me out. One recent thing was the attempt to include the "Miranda Rights" in the book. Now, this took me out because I know what those are, and the origins of it, and it is outside this time period.
If you like detective stories I would pick this up.