Holmes, Marple & Poe

By: James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Narrated by: Christine Lakin

In this thrilling story of crime and corruption, three detectives keep their identities secret, and NYPD’s Det. Helene Grey is on a mission to unmask them—no matter who gets killed along the way.

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.

©2024 James Patterson and Brian Sitts (P)2024 Little, Brown & Company

Critic reviews

“In this breezy thriller … Patterson and Sitts have fun playing with reader expectations.”—Publishers Weekly

A good start for a new series

This is volume one in the new series of books under the umbrella title of Holmes, Marple, and Poe. The set up is three private investigators with the same last names as famous literary detectives form a high end detective agency in modern New York City. Their backgrounds are mysterious but they are each brilliant in their own ways. Multiple cases cross their paths in this first book, each highlighting something of their individual natures. Not all in their natures is always pretty however. Holmes suffers from addictions similar to his namesake. Poe drinks heavily and mourns the loss of a past love. Marple is highly empathetic and feels, perhaps too much, particularly when young women are the victim.

Honestly, this feels a bit like a television show, albeit a well written one. Bad things do happen to good people, but these three will ensure that the perpetrators won't be free for long. Justice will prevail for their clients, if not necessarily for themselves. I look forward to the next installment. You should too.

Great Team

The main characters were very close friends and supported each others working style. They cared about the people they worked for and with.

Mystery

I did not enjoy so many side stories. It made it very hard to keep track of any main story. It could have been one half as long without the many. many extra adjectives that were NOT NEEDED!

Holmes, Marple and Poe

Enjoyed the characters, story plot & flow. Couldn’t stop listening. Looking forward to more mysteries with these characters.

I want more!

Looking forward to the newest adventures of these crimes solving trio. What a great modern story line.

Nicely done.

This was a great, but simple story. Good references to the original characters. Several mysteries that were for the most part wrapped up by the end. It feels like this was a one-shot, but the authleft it open to for sequels. Hopefully, it'll be considered. i look forward to more from Holmes, Marple, and Poe.

The diversity of the three.

l loved it, smart, yet realistic characters and plot. The ending left enough room for a sequel.

Holmes Markel and Poe

I thought it very well written precise and to the point back stories excellent, a very good Patterson novel

Personality

The characters were interesting as were the crimes. I am a mystery fan and this worked for me.

Everything was excellent.

Loved the story, the narrator, and the characters. I will be adding this book to my list of re-reads.