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Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

the True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation
Jun 28, 2017FleetwoodTeenBookReviewProject rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A true story about the struggle of Mrs. Grace Humiston, a detective, and lawyer of the People’s Law Firm who has decided to help all those who cannot afford justice. The woman in black gives us an overview of the lifestyle and the dark history of New York during the World War I. While doing her everyday work in the People’s Law Firm, she becomes aware of the suspicious disappearance of an eighteen-year-old teenager named Ruth Cruger in 1917. When everyone, including the police, thinks that she has eloped with Alfredo Cocchi, a motorcycle shop’s owner who leaves for Italy three days after her disappearance, Grace assures that this case is more complicated that it appears. Her determination on solving this case of simple appearance leads her to walk a path that includes a wide network of kidnapping, murder, and white slave trafficking. It’s interesting to see the challenging work of Grace Humiston, the first one to assist the New York University. This woman proved to be a capable and dedicated justice fighter even though she had minimal support from the society. This is a book that does not allow the reader time to think and guess about the outcome of the events. There are stories within the main story whose plots and settings differ from each other, but at the same time, they are interconnected with the main story. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a patient reader and who likes the constant change of plot. Also, in order to enjoy the story, one needs to be mature and able to understand the human nature because this book painfully touches some of the darkest aspect of our society including murder and slave trafficking. -S.V