{"id":3390,"date":"2020-08-12T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:34:49","slug":"book-review-the-art-of-theft-by-sherry-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3390","title":{"rendered":"Book review:  The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36510437-the-art-of-theft\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36510437-the-art-of-theft\">The Art of Theft<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/266470.Sherry_Thomas\">Sherry Thomas<\/a><br><br>My rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3492500184\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><br><br><br>This is the 4th in the Lady Sherlock series, a clever re-imagining of the Sherlock Holmes character as a woman, with all of the societal constraints implied therein. Each book in the series has been excellent, and this one is no exception. An old friend of Watson&#8217;s appeals to Sherlock Holmes for help in rescuing some incriminating letters from a blackmailer, which requires journeying to Paris and visiting a mysterious chateau. Not surprisingly, complications arise in retrieving those letters.<br>The plot is intricate, as are the many subplots. The writing is engaging and eloquent. And the characters are fascinating and improve with each book.<br>My only regret at the end of this book is that the next book in the series isn&#8217;t being released until October. (Fortunately, my TBR pile is an extensive one.) \ud83d\ude42<br>If historical mysteries are of interest or if you are curious about a unique take on the Sherlock Holmes legend, this book (and series) is for you. (And even if you aren&#8217;t but just like a well-told mystery, this series is also for you.)<br>The series is definitely best read in order, and I highly recommend them all!<br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/1396812-may\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the 4th in the Lady Sherlock series, a clever re-imagining of the Sherlock Holmes character as a woman, with all of the societal constraints implied therein. Each book in the series has been excellent, and this one is no exception. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[336,115,588,108,472],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-books","tag-historical-mysteries","tag-lady-sherlock","tag-mysteries","tag-sherry-thomas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p23QXm-SG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}