The Mystery Maxims of Jake Spade - Case #1 FORGIVEN (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The result of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler's amour, after five generations, was great-great-great grandson Jake Spade. Jake's associate and chronicler, Clarice Darby, descended from Dr. John H. Watson. Present day, 2013, Jake and Clarice conjoin their ancestral crime fighting genes, investigative prowess and massive deductive reasoning in the wasteland they call Detroit, Michigan. With incredible energy, supplemented with a team of gadgetry-wise Irregulars and 130 years of technological advancement, Jake and Clarice solve criminal cases their style. The Detroit 2nd Precinct's new Captain calls in Jake andClarice about $200K missing from his highly-secured evidence room. Jakesuspects someone inside the precinct either took the money themselves or synchronizedthe heist with conspirators outside the police department. The irregulars, Jake'steam of techies, do what they do best in support of unraveling the mystery. An arsenalof long-reaching listening devices coupled with visual surveillance from a UAVmilitary drone and lastly supported by a pair of XL Bull Mastiffs aiding with a suspect'sinterview, make short work of the case. It's all for naught as Jake and Claricedetermine an alternate suspect, his motive, and finally Jake taking the lawinto his own hands. Very Holmes-esque! This is a 23K word novella, the first in a series of cases from Jake Spade and Clarice Darby.