Sky reviewed The Limehouse Text by Will Thomas (Barker & Llewelyn, #3)
First person narrator makes terrible choices
This Holmes-inspired/influenced series has all sorts of interesting historical details about Victorian-era London, which is why I picked up the third book in the series after a break (finished the second back at the beginning of the year). What I'd forgotten is that, outside the mystery itself, in large part the action is based on the first-person narrator making terrible choices. Yes, Llewelyn is young and inexperienced. Yes, you know he won't actually die because he's the narrator (he's Watson to Barker's Holmes). So if you don't mind wanting to bang your head on a wall due to the narrator's continued levels of folly and inanity, by all means, read this series.
