REVIEW: The Cat of the Baskervilles

 The Cat of the Baskervilles
Author: Vicki Delany

An aging actor past his prime comes to West London, MA as the main draw for the annual theater festival. Gemma Doyle doesn't care that much about theater, but the play The Hound of the Baskervilles and Sir Nigel Bellingham ought to bring good business into her Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. Flash forward to the obligatory public appearances and an afternoon tea fundraiser and Gemma learns Sir Nigel is not only way past his prime but a drunk and then......dead. 

Uh oh. 

And then on top of it all, her best friend's mother is the prime suspect.....

I enjoyed this book. I'm finally getting into this series. It took me a couple books to start liking Gemma as a main character. She's still a bit annoying, to be honest.....but the plots and sleuthing in this series keep bringing me back.  

It's getting a bit tiresome when the author sprinkles in British English and then feels the need to explain what it means. The explanations aren't needed and I just find it annoying. It just adds to my difficulty in liking the main character in this series, as the books are from her point of view. I just concentrate on the main plot and ignore the annoying bits. :) 

Moriarty, the sometimes cantankerous shop cat, is growing on me, although he plays only a minor part in the stories. I will count him as my favorite character in this series as he's the only one that hasn't given me an eye-roll moment. Him....and Uncle Albert....who is always away and only shows up for brief conversations with Gemma. 

 Moving on to Book 4 -- A Scandal in Scarlet! 

One more book read and off my shelves in my quest to clear bookshelf space for new books! :)