First Published: August 23, 2019
The novel starts in County Limerick in 1990.
Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.
First Published: May 27, 2020
The story starts on 20 March 1888. Sherlock can tell that the person who will visit him is from Bohemia because of the paper of his note. Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the term refers to the historical cultural and political space of the Czech people.
The restaurant where Erika and Igor are at the beginning of the novel is in OXO tower in London. The Oxo Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building has mixed use as Oxo Tower Wharf containing a set of design, arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors with two galleries, Oxo Bargehouse and Oxo Gallery. The Oxo Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie is on the eighth floor, which is the roof-top level with fine and casual dining.
First Published: February 7, 2024