I picked up this book because of the connection with Mycroft Holmes. I have enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes stories in the past and found Mycroft and interesting character too.

I enjoyed the description of the era and the behaviour of the characters for that time. Also the deductive reasoning of the characters and some of the complications of the events and actions of the characters.

The parts where there was quite a bit of explanation and reasoning about the political and historical happenings seemed a bit on the long side at times and made the flow to stagnate. I realize that the information was part of the story line and gave background and importance to the current action of the plot.

I did enjoy the book and plan to read the other three books of this series at some time. ( )