I found this book very entertaining. It was not necessarily the best book I have ever read, but I did enjoy the intrigue along the way. There were some cliche moments, but what book doesn't possess such Devils. 
 It revolves around a man named Harold White in the year 2010 and it centers on the famed author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1890's and 1900's. What I would like to do if I ever get around to reading this one again is to read every other chapter of the book and after that is done, turn around and read it from the beginning again, but read the chapters I skipped the first time in order on the second read through. The book leap frogs chapters all along the way. It is technically two mystery books this way and both were very well scripted. 
 Going into the mind of Doyle was one of the greates aspects of this novel. It clearly elaborates how he detested his creation of Holmes and his reasonings for kill the poor bloke, only to recreate the man years down the road and bring him back to life after "The Final Problem". 
 The key message to this book and any other mystery novel is almost like a magic trick. Once the solution has been figured out or the trickery of the magician's sleight of hand has been revealed it all seems so easy and you wonder how you were every fooled in the first place. I see this as akin to watching a movie like "The Usual Suspects". **Spoiler Alert** The movie is fantastice, but once you have seen the ending and figure out that Kaiser Soze is Kevin Spacey's character, the next time you watch it, it never has the same effect on you as the first time you sat in awe as a limp became sturdy strut, and a twisted arm was righted, then the ever weak looking Spacey seems a little more menacing. (if that is at all possible)