Sheâ€™s equal points annoyed by him but also intrigued by him. And so, sheâ€™s really taken on the lionâ€™s share of caring for her siblings and keeping the family together, seeing as how her police officer dad just is not stepping up to the plate.Īlthough Mori is living the unselfish life – with her main concern being her brothers, Lock provides this distraction. In fact, Mori has been kind of a loner since her mother died. She may go to private school and live on Baker Street, but honestly, her life isnâ€™t this posh worry-free adventure. Furthermore, Mori is all about protecting her three little brothers, as youâ€™ll see in the book and later in this review. I actually liked this about her because it makes her different. In fact, she has more of a mathematical and scientific mind. So you know how in a lot of young adult books, the main female character is bookish? Mori is actually not very bookish. Pettyâ€™s Lock & Mori is a London-based book about the two title characters racing against time, each other, and the Police to solve the crime – which may just show a serial killer on the loose. Mori is a smart girl, and so, she picks up quickly on Lockâ€™s powers of deduction. There, Lock and Mori make a bet as to who can crack the case the fastest. And so, anyways, the drill happens and meanwhile thereâ€™s a murder in the park. The two meet and Lock finds Mori interesting.

One day, thereâ€™s a fire drill, and so, Mori is sent downstairs to collect Lock, Sherlock Holmes, who is downstairs in the basement working on an experiment in his lab which is in the school. Unfortunately, Mori does not have her motherâ€™s talent.

She used to want to be on stage, simply to please her mother who was something of a thespian when she was alive. This book, Lock & Mori, lays a foundation for what is to come with the trilogy. The official summary describes this trilogy is being intended to show why thereâ€™s animosity between Sherlock and Moriarty. Petty places a modern spin on the story of Sherlock Holmes. It also stands to measure that I would love books that put a modern take on Sherlock Holmes. So – I love all those books that retell Jane Austenâ€™s books. However, what I do love is when books put a modern spin on public domain stories.

YOU GUYS! Okay, so, I do not watch the BBC version of Sherlock because I am terrible about watching things – I always feel so guilty when I look at my stacks on stacks of books.

Lock and mori