Holmes Away From Home
Holmes Away from Home is the first entry in Samantha Larsen’s new Althea Adler Mystery series. To celebrate this new book, the author has a tour wide GIVEAWAY of a of her new novel. So read on to learn about this great new book and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end of this post.
About Holmes Away From Home
Holmes Away From Home (An Althea Adler Mystery)
Historical Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – London, 1911
Publisher : Severn House
Publication date : October 6, 2026
Hardcover
Print length : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1448322405
ISBN-13 : 978-1448322404
Digital Publication date – September 16, 2026
Introducing Althea Adler, accomplished thief and daring heroine with a mysterious link to Sherlock Holmes.
A heart-racing game of wits, murder and romance is about to commence . . .
London, 1911. Althea Adler receives a mysterious postcard with just four words, ‘Holmes away from home.’ Surely her mother, notorious thief and opera star Irene Adler, is instructing her to break into Sherlock Holmes’s safe? But when she does, Althea makes a shocking discovery . . .
Still reeling from events at 221b Baker Street, Althea accepts an invitation to a party at Twickenham Towers, the ancestral home of Lord Slough, where a murder throws her into further turmoil―as does handsome fellow guest William, the Marquess of Sheffield, who has been tasked with staking out Slough by the British Government.
Althea and William form an unlikely alliance as they set about catching a killer. But can they trust each other when they both have something to hide?
An addictive new cozy mystery trilogy featuring a super smart, lively heroine, a dashing lord and a fiendishly good whodunnit, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes’s classic mysteries, Deanna Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, and Netflix’s The Residence.
Storybook Lady
Review
Holmes Away From Home
by Samantha Larsen
Great New Victorian Cozy Mystery Series
Holmes Away from Homes is a novel that will delight any fan who enjoys a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. If the book title doesn’t pique your interest, than the series name should. Sherlock fans will know that only one foe ever bested Holmes, Irene Adler. Althea Adler is Irene’s daughter. And she is just as brilliant, beautiful and charming as her mother.
Samantha Larson has created a fun cozy mystery using the framework of Sir Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, but with new characters and a story that you will love. When Althea receives a postcard with the cryptic message “Holmes away from home”, she assumes that her mother has sent her to Baker Street on a mission to steal something valuable. What she finds instead is information that has her suspecting a shocking possibility- one that an astute reader will have already suspected. Her search for more information means looking at John Watson’s journal, so she must seek out her schoolmate, his daughter Rosie and that eventually leads her to a weekend party at a country manor. Also in attendance is a handsome government with a mission of his own. In true Victorian mystery novel fashion, the party ends up in murder. Althea and William must put aside their own missions and team up to solve the murder. This fast paced novel is full of twists and turns, witty banter, a hint of romantic tension and some great new characters. Sherlock Holmes does not make an appearance in this novel, but Larsen does pepper the novel with cameo appearances from some other familiar characters.
I have read several Holmes series and this one promises to be a must-read. I you like the Enola Holmes or Mary Russell series than you will definitely want to take home “Holmes Away From Home”.
About Samantha Larsen
Samantha writes cozy mysteries under Samantha Larsen and historical romances under Samantha Hastings. She met her husband in a turkey sandwich line. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spends most of her time reading, eating popcorn, having tea parties, and chasing her four kids. She has degrees from Brigham Young University, University of North Texas, and University of Reading (UK). She’s the author of: The Last Word, The Invention of Sophie Carter, A Royal Christmas Quandary, The Girl with the Golden Eyes, Jane Austen Trivia, The Duchess Contract, Secret of the Sonnets, The Marquess and the Runaway Lady, and A Novel Disguise. Learn more at: www.SamanthaHastings.com
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Giveaway
There is a King Sumo GIVEAWAY for this tour.
The giveaway ends September 30th.
The Prize is a HARDCOVER copy of the book (US only.)
An international winner would receive an ebook.
