Beta Readers
Hello! I have recently finished a Sherlock Holmes pastiche work I have been working on for a while and am looking for beta readers! If possible, I'm hoping to have this done by the end of July but the deadline is somewhat negotiable if you talk to me.
I am specifically looking for someone from the UK/Ireland to help sensitivity read and make sure I am accurately portraying Edwardian London and the historical social issues I talk about within that.
To get even more specific, I am searching for an Irish reader who can look over my villains. They're from Dublin (reasons explained in book as Professor Moriarty is English), but with anti-imperialism being a major theme (and my protagonists being, alas, unavoidably English) I want to be sure that they are handled correctly and don't play into negative stereotypes as I am American and know the things between the UK and Ireland are complicated (to put it lightly). If you're interested let me know (comment or DM)!
Blurb for your convenience: Sherlock Holmes is dead.
And mere days after his funeral, a mysterious young woman has appeared on Doctor John Watson’s doorstep, seeking his help and declaring herself to be the daughter of the late detective, Ms. Ophelia Holmes. While initially suspicious, Watson and his son Hamish are quickly drawn into the strange web the young woman finds herself in, for it seems a spirit of the past has taken a personal interest in toying with her.
A Moriarty, or rather two of them, has set up an elaborate chess game for Ms. Holmes, one to send her bouncing about the London streets, searching for clues to their ultimate end. The past is alive and ever changing, but as the clues grow more and more dangerous, one question becomes frightfully clear:
What waits at the end of the game?
And whose legacy will survive it all?