A Spider’s Web (Mrs. Hudson & Sherlock Holmes, Book 3) by Liz Hedgecock

Take a female detective determined to forge her own career apart from her renowned mentor, an errant husband missing for years showing up, an anonymous bomber, and set the story in Victorian London, and you have a page-turner of a mystery that will keep you on the edge of the seat until you reach the end.   

Brief story summary of A Spider’s Web: Despite her romantic entanglement with esteemed detective Sherlock Holmes, Nell Hudson is intent on making her own way as London’s only female private investigator, even turning down an opportunity to again work with Holmes. When an anonymous bomber plants dynamite-fused bombs all over London, sending clues only to Holmes, Nell is drawn in as they race to find the villain, who may or may not be a face from her past she believed gone forever. 

Author Liz Hedgecock has again woven an irresistible tale comprised of a well-thought-out mystery with more than enough twists and turns to keep me guessing, and well-developed characters that kept me engaged and vested in their journey, along with a lovely romance interwoven nicely with all the danger. I have to say I enjoyed this tale from this tale form the opening paragraph to the satisfying end. 

A Spider’s Web is the third installment in the Mrs. Hudson & Sherlock Holmes mysteries and can be read as a standalone; however, I recommend reading the previous two. I highly recommend,  I’m looking forward to the next one.