Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century (Holmes, Margaret & Poe Book 1)

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Last update: 06-18-2024


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Crime! Murder! Who are you going to call?

In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish private investigators open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Who are these detectives with famous names and mysterious, untraceable pasts?

Brendan Holmes—The Brain: Identifies suspects via deduction and logic.

Margaret Marple—The Eyes: Possesses powers of observation too often underestimated.

Auguste Poe—The Muscle: Chases down every lead no matter how dangerous or dark.

The agency’s daring methodology and headline-making solves attract the attention of NYPD Detective Helene Grey. Her solo investigation into her three unknowable competitors will delight mystery fans.

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Top reviews from the United States

Urbanbushwoman
5.0 out of 5 stars Patterson at his best!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
Bring a book 2 ASAP!
These characters are complex, smart, funny, with more cases to solve. This was a fast read that I hated to end. Holmes, Marple, & Poe are high profile PIs with the characteristics of their namesakes, in modern NYC. To the NYPD, these detectives are as mysterious than the cases they solve. Rich, stylish, loyal... I can't wait for the movie!
HSNYC
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed the book
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
Interesting characters. Fascinating plot line. Bought right away. And I enjoyed reading it. That’s the good news. To me, written to appeal to a reader used to TV plots and not the mystery novel genre. Not enough principal character development and a lot of fluff. A lot of familiar tropes and no character depth. There was something about the writing style that was a bit off to me. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but it just felt dumbed down. Still worth a read and maybe in follow up books.
Emily L. Blanck
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful parallels to the original characters.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2024
The fast pace and the overlapping cases was intriguing and fun. The author kept true to the foible’s and strengths of the original characters.
Educated Consumer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Story
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
I immensely enjoyed this book. It was full of different cases. All were interesting. Some were predictable, but still enjoyable to read. I look forward to sequels.
Roro
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024
This was a really fun read, I loved it! Characters were engaging and realistic. I recommend to anyone who wants a quick lite read.
Just LaurelMarie
3.0 out of 5 stars Great first half
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
The book starts out wonderful. Gets you hooked. Had a hard time putting it down until mid-way. Then things started getting odd. Almost had a rushed feeling. When Patterson teams up with another writer does he write the first half and the other author writes the second half? That could explain it. Finished the book and placed it in a Little Library, not a keeper. Sad...this had so much promise.
Kindle Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Gimmicky but still entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
The three private detectives in this story have the gimmicky last names of Holmes, Marple and Poe. Once you get past that you have a good fast moving story. The PI's deal with multiple cases including serial killers operating for 60 years, a kidnapping of a rich man and his step daughter, an art theft, a model's murder. Our PI's have a difficult relationship with law enforcement and personal issues similar to their long ago namesakes. I appreciate the pacing of the book with the usual short chapters favored by author Patterson. And the second half of the book is definitely better than the first half. I almost gave the book 5 stars but ultimately settled on a 4 star rating.
Maria Velez Pacheco
5.0 out of 5 stars Newest Patterson Characters
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2024
I am a big fan of James Patterson. It started with Alex Cross and I've gotten into the series of the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and NYPD Red. Now he's introduced 3 new characters and I hope he writes more! These characters have a touch of their original namesakes and modern flaws. Think I read this in 2 days. It was a delightful page turner.

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