Before reading The Seven-Per-Cent Solution I thought... hey the author has the same name as the guy that directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And after a quick look at Wikipedia I found out it's the same guy!The book is presented as a lost manuscript by Dr. Watson about a Sherlock Holmes mystery that he couldn't publish until certain people involved in the story had passed away. The first half deals with Watson getting Sigmund Freud to help Sherlock get over his cocaine addiction. The second half involves Freud and Holmes teaming up to solve a mystery about a young woman that was found wandering the streets.
I thought the book was entertaining but nowhere near as good as one of the original Holmes novels. The first half was interesting in that it provided some insight into Sherlock's character and why he is the way he is, but the mystery of the second half wasn't that compelling and solved way too easily. I'll give it a B.
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