I’m all in favour of gender swaps – if done right and, even more importantly, for the right reasons. Now, wait a second before you get your pitchforks. The biggest issue I had with her: she’s a girl. Sherlock aka Lock is sometimes in character, but most of the times he’s just totally lost and doesn’t come across as a genius at all. The only Sherlockian character that’s pitch perfect is Mycroft. For unfortunately, this book doesn’t really work out as a Sherlock retelling – although I have a feeling I know where this series is heading … and it’s all build on dubious creative decisions. Which was sometimes funny, sometimes strange, and most of the time didn’t work at all. Weird, because I couldn’t help hearing and picturing the BBC Sherlock actors. Well, that was a really weird reading experience. And after this case, Mori may never trust Lock again.

OBSERVATION: Sometimes you can’t trust the people closest to you with matters of the heart. Challenge accepted.įACT: Despite agreeing to Lock’s one rule-they must share every clue with each other-Mori is keeping secrets. Instead, they are out crashing a crime scene.įACT: Lock has challenged Mori to solve the case before he does. The police have no leads.įACT: Miss James “Mori” Moriarty and Sherlock “Lock” Holmes should be hitting the books on a school night. There is a bit of violence in it and Mori’s father is definitely a force to contend with in her life, but Lock and Mori try very hard to never lose hope that they can in fact prevail as long as their intentions and resolve are strong enough.Before they were mortal enemies, they were much more…įACT: Someone has been murdered in London’s Regent’s Park. Sherlock Holmes is impressive in his deductions and observations as always and it’s refreshing to see a different take on the character of Moriarty. This is a fun mystery story for fans of mystery fiction and TV shows. There is a serial killer out there the police aren’t even looking for! Can Mori find the killer and save her family from an increasingly bad home life? They decide to investigate on their own in order to find the true killer and are horrified to discover this was merely one amongst several similar murders. They encounter a murder in the nearby park and are shocked to see the police are severely inept and make terrible and lazy assumptions. Meanwhile, she becomes friendly with a strange boy at her school, Sherlock Holmes. She knows she needs to do something to protect her brothers but she isn’t sure what at this time.

Her father has become a heavy drinker and often takes his frustrations out physically on her and her three brothers. Miss James “Mori” Moriarty has been living a tough existence since her mother died several months before.

Lock & Mori by Heather W. Petty