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Clockwork Stalker Kindle Edition

by Cari Silverwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
What if the storybook hero becomes the villain?

She is my arch enemy’s niece.
I am an arrogant, controlling bastard, an excellent detective, and women are turning up dead and bound with strange marks on their bodies.
This is the least appropriate time for me to fall in lust with the enemy.
Obsession is the sign of a man who is losing control.

Be punctual for this appointment, Miss Moriarty.

I have things I need to do. Filthy, perverted things.

Note: This is a standalone Dark Romance.
Each of the Dirty Heroes books feature different heroes. The stories are connected by a curse that conjures up their most deviant desires.
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"Who knew that Sherlock Holmes had such a delicious dark side? That inside that brilliant mind lurked something this dirty?" Cécile Smits

"This story is definitely highly erotic, incredibly kinky, suspenseful and very enjoyable to read. I loved every second of it." Erin Figueiredo

"This dirty re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes hit all the right buttons for me."

"Clockwork Stalker's premise was so well done! It gave me a chance to enjoy a dark and depraved read, while still being able to cheer for the hero/villain. And best of all the heroine wasn't a doormat." Melanie A

"I wanted to be the blissfully tormented, pleasurably teased and satisfyingly sated Wilhelmina. I lusted after being the plaything of my own malignantly affected Sherlock."

"I wanted to grab this story, squeeze it between my clutching fingers, wring every drop of filth, depravity and kink into my mouth and devour its glory inside my lecherous soul." Louise, Life in the Book Lane

"This is a really awesome story. It has all the Sherlockian touches, a good whack of steampunk, some Elder God worship, and lots and lots and lots of depraved and debauched sex. So, you know, all the good stuff, and all the fun." Clara, Slip Between the Pages

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0852JPVCV
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.2 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
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  • Book 6 of 13 ‏ : ‎ The Dirty Heroes Collection
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 121 ratings

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Cari Silverwood lives in Australia and is a New York Times bestselling writer of kinky darkness or sometimes dark kinkiness, depending on her moods and the amount of time she's spent staring into the night.

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Customers find this book to be a non-stop fun story with smart pacing. The writing style receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it's filled with nuance and humor.

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Customers enjoy the story, describing it as a non-stop adventure with plenty of excitement, and one customer notes it has a lot of heat.

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"...His original creator would love this. It's a smart, great story with a lot of heat. Did I say heat ? I mean scorching...." Read more

"...Her writing is so detailed, complete, and exciting. But, most importantly, she can write a good story. She keeps it moving...." Read more

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"...She was such a sweetheart and so easy to love. She is smart and endearingly submissive to Sherlock while he remains exactingly dominant and..." Read more

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"...Finally a great read that let me love to hate him just enough. His original creator would love this. It's a smart, great story with a lot of heat...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, with one noting its nuance and humor, while another mentions its detailed nature.

"...Her writing style is filled with nuance and humor and has me eager for the next sentence. Her imagination has no boundaries...." Read more

"...I think that Cari Silverwood is different from other authors. She writes with humor and loves spoofs that are crazy and out of this world...." Read more

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  • Karen Jackson
    5.0 out of 5 stars A non-stop fun story.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2020
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    A rereading of this story has given me a new reason to like it. The first time I read this, I read it entirely to fast. After taking my time and my initial dislike for the character, Sherlock Holmes, I can say that I have found that I was so wrong about so much. I would also add that I've never read any version of Sherlock Holmes, so I must admit, I had nothing to compare with this telling of him in this story, as to any other story written about him.

    I still haven't changed my opinion of Sherlock for the most part. Although I feel a bit differently now, in that I ended up liking him much more than I did in the first reading of this story. He's still arrogant and generally unemotional. But about halfway into the story, I honestly started to like him, and by end of it he'd won me over.

    The heroine of this story, Willa, I absolutely adored. She was such a sweetheart and so easy to love. She is smart and endearingly submissive to Sherlock while he remains exactingly dominant and unapologetically arrogant. He is also a selfish man, in that he almost loses Willa because of it. No surprise there. Aren't most men somewhat selfish? He did finally become endearing to me when he realized how Willa made him feel and how much he cared about her.

    If there was ever anyone who could write a story like this, it would be Cari. She has the time period, the Victorian era, down pat. She always brings us characters and details of whatever time she's writing about so very well. I can, almost all the time, get a picture in my mind of what I'm reading in almost all of her stories that makes me feel like I could be there.

    This was a fun book with lots of kinky sex and definitely a mystery that only a true detective in the form of Sherlock Holmes could finally figure out, with Willa's help, of course. And you can't forget, also a tentacled creature, which seems to show up a lot in Cari's books!
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  • Mom12
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars! Excellent retelling of a very deliciously bad detective
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2020
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    This book fascinated me. Yes, fascinated! It's a re-imagined Sherlock Holmes tale that takes place in the "olden days" but a timeframe familiar with those that have read Sherlock Holmes before. It is written in alternating first person with Sherlock and Willa Moriarty, and it was a delight to see it written exactly to the timeframe. There's no modern references even in The way Silverwood writes their vocal cadence. She's obviously dove deep into this time frame and all things Sherlock. There's no doubt this is the Sherlock we know and love. Calculated, intense, standoffish, arrogant and unemotional.

    "In the hands of someone as intelligent as he was, a man with a keen understanding of the slimy underhand world of the cities—where men grew fat on crime and paid little attention to morals or the Rule of Law—in hands like his, this could be made into a juggernaut of an empire."

    "His mouth quirked upward, as he recognized a certain pride in being an unsociable arrogant deviant."

    "She’d called him an arrogant, conceited man. Which he was—it went with the territory of being smarter than any man he’d bother to mention."

    So Sherlock is investigating a missing wife and comes across Willa, who is his nemesis ' niece. She has a machine she's created to measure malignant energy. He becomes infatuated with her, and attributes it to the machine. He decides to help her find her money and fix the machine. He's almost afraid of it, not wanting to admit he just might be attracted to her without any outside forces.

    "Was she somehow making this happen? That machine of hers might be quackery, but what if it did work? It could have altered him in some frightful way. For the average man this conclusion would be a bizarre leap, but he knew the inner workings of his brain like a clockmaker understood the intricate mechanism of a clock. These thoughts he was having were not him. They were some strange cancerous mutation stemming from a supernatural influence. Could this be a curse?"

    There's plenty of articles and books written about Sherlock Holmes and his psyche. Does he have a mild form of autism, such as Asberger's Disease? Or is he a clinical sociopath? The way he speaks, almost haltingly as he chooses his words carefully. Silverwood doesn't address this, but I couldn't help but think about it as I read this story.

    And I wonder about Silverwood 's muses as she wrote this. Could she have been influenced by the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ancient Gods" which was the first story to link Sherlock with H.P. Lovecraft. Or perhaps the many stories with Sherlock fighting the Cthulhu monster from another dimension, such as the series Sherlock vs. Cthulhu by Lois H. Gresh? If you've read her previous books like I have, you will know how much Silverwood loves tentacled monsters.

    The story moved along at a rapid pace, with Sherlock getting more into his new role as dominant to Willa. These are not your average sex scenes. Silverwood is imaginative when she wrote these scenes, and they come across, dare I say magical?

    "He commenced a devoted clitoral campaign, as if he were a general who simply must conquer the enemy. Willa was not complaining. She wriggled her fingers deeper into his locks. She was nudging the heavens, climbing, sure the choked noises she made must be heard outside but no longer able to stop."

    "The bass-beat thrum of sex had him by the balls, by the heart, and by the mind."

    As Sherlock finds answers to the missing wife case, and continues to hold Wills close, you are left wondering...is it really malignant energy? Is it really a curse that Willa helped him overcome? It's almost meaningless as Sherlock and Willa make startling revelations about themselves. The story lets you make some decisions for yourself.

    "“Willa Moriarty, I choose beauty and light and color for my world, and I choose you.""

    So is it magnetic attraction that brought the dom and sub out of Sherlock and Willa? Or was it the terrible curse from malignant energy? The story ends on a delightful and unexpected note, leaving us with yet another version of Sherlock Holmes to add to the burgeoning list.
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  • mollnet
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful as expected.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023
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    Sherlock Holmes is a favorite character of mine and I love how he’s portrayed in this book. There isn’t a book written by this author that I don’t love. I savor her books. So original, filled with detail and obviously researched. Her writing style is filled with nuance and humor and has me eager for the next sentence. Her imagination has no boundaries. Thank you for writing this and all of your books.
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  • Tanya/Tasty Wordgasms
    4.0 out of 5 stars Clockwork Stalker (The Dirty Heroes Collection Book 7)
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020
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    Clockwork Stalker is the 7th book in The Dirty Heroes Collection. But it can be read as a standalone.

    This was a story told about a very kinky Sherlock Holmes and Miss Wilhelmian “Willa” Moriarty.

    I felt that this was a little departure from what I have been reading from Cari Silverwood. No made up world. In Clockwork Stalker Cari took us on a journey back in time to read about the kinky and perverted Sherlock Holmes, which I enjoyed.

    Cari Silverwood did put her touch of flair on the debauchery of the heroine, Miss Moriarty. Meanwhile they were sleuthing for the stalker. I think a tentacled beast shows up in Clockwork Stalker. Well I know one shows up. Cari Silverwood does love writing about tentacled monsters.

    I think that Cari Silverwood is different from other authors. She writes with humor and loves spoofs that are crazy and out of this world. They can be sexy, and certainly kinky. I can't imagine where she comes up

    with the stories she writes. I have often said that I would like to delve into the mind of this author but maybe not. She is in a league of her own!
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  • Jennifer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Ripped cover and damaged
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025
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    Book arrived damaged. Pages bent, cover rolled and crumbled. I wouldn't expect a book to come this damaged for new.
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  • Bridget A. Robertson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes is a delicious jerk!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020
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    I have always thought that Sherlock Holmes is a dubious character. Finally a great read that let me love to hate him just enough. His original creator would love this. It's a smart, great story with a lot of heat. Did I say heat ? I mean scorching. This book is one to be added to my read it again and again collection. Brilliant!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Sherlock, how naughty you are!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2020
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    Step aside Benedict Cumberbatch, there is a new sexiest Sherlock Holmes on the block.

    With Clockwork Stalker, Cari Silverwood has brought us a delightfully immoral, deliciously depraved, titillatingly kinky and scorchingly hot deviant tale. A Sherlock Holmes with a gloriously malevolent and sinfully corrupt side to his personality. Also a Moriarty with a succulent body, a sardonic wit and a burning desire for all the bad things that cross Sherlock's mind.

    The writing, the world building, the description, the language and feel of this story held me spellbound. I was inspired to highlight phrases and passages that called to me, ending up with 69 of them (totally unintended but a perfectly fitting number). I wanted to grab this story, squeeze it between my clutching fingers, wring every filthy drop into my mouth and devour its glory inside my lecherous soul.

    I wanted to be the blissfully tormented, pleasurably teased and satisfyingly sated Wilhelmina. I lusted after being the plaything of my own malignantly affected Sherlock. Oh the degradation, the humiliation, the torment, the dominance, the red-hot down and dirty sex. Yeah, I'm probably oversharing but I could totally be down for most of that. The retractor? Hmm. No! Maybe?, *shudder*.

    I've not even mentioned the actual story, with all its little Easter Eggs to unwrap along the way. From monkey paws to strange symbols. Fantastic. As always. Brilliant, inspired and unpredictable. But the sexy times. Sigh. I have a hankering for some kitty ears.

    Wilhelmina is unapologetically independent, snarky and revels in the acts forced upon her. Even when she protests. Even if she doesn't mean those protests. Sherlock is dark, demanding and so, so dominant, he is grumpy, surly, closed off and icily aloof. Oh how the mighty fall! Right on top of a set of soft, pillowy bosoms in his case.

    Strictly speaking this is a gaslamp novel, rather than steampunk. Who knew that was a thing? It means it has more of a paranormal element, rather than the sci-fi background that steampunk arises from. The paranormal part is very minimal, based around a malignant energy force and a small event during the end battle, so even those who don't normally read the genre should still enjoy this.
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  • A. Ruppert
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read, but not for hardcore Holme's fans
    Reviewed in Germany on August 24, 2020
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    Whether you'll enjoy this book or not will highly depend on what you're looking for: A true to character Sherlock Holms novella? Then this isn't for you… there's minimal deduction driving the story, hardly any clue path, Holmes cares about the food he eats, and curses and Lovecraftian monsters do exist. But if you're a fan of Cari Silverwood's work, like her style and character design, then, yes, you'll have fun with this little novella. It doesn't delve particularly deep but has a nice sense of humor, a consistent tone, a love for details, and steaming hot, slightly non-con/dub-con colored sex. Her devious interpretation of Holme's character is truly delicious if a bit removed from the original. Taking on a character that has been around for over 130 years, beloved and interpreted in so many different ways, takes guts. And this is certainly not the worst attempt, even if a few plotholes and inconsistencies exist (stuff you probably wouldn't notice, if this weren't a Sherlock Holmes story, where logic and deduction somehow seem more important) and you will have to accept the insert of parallel dimensions and curses as part of the narrative.
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  • Ginka
    5.0 out of 5 stars Elementary!!!!
    Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2020
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    What a wonderful story!! Unique, imaginative, suspenseful, mysterious, dangerous, erotic, a little deviant and very sexy and hot!!
    I loved the characters Sherlock and Wilhelmina, they were well written, intriguing, complex and captivating.
    A thoroughly entertaining and definitely much sexier version of Sherlock Holmes than I have ever read before, but I would love to read more of in the future!
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  • Renee
    4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2020
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    I enjoyed this book so much and now I’m sad it over. I can’t wait to read more from this author. I loved the retelling of Sherlock what a great idea.
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  • Paperback Dinosaur
    5.0 out of 5 stars This Dirty Hero is BAD in a GOOD way!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2020
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    Gadzooks! This is a very different Sherlock Holmes , less of the stiff, cold sleuth - and more of the lust driven dirty hero! You like your books 'hot' girls with a good story? Then this book is for you! Forget what you know about Sherlock Holmes - this is Cari's take on the great detective. The two main characters are Holmes and Professor Moriarty's niece Willa - who goes from villain to goddess. Dr. Watson has a smaller but important role as the plot progresses. The attraction between Holmes and Willa is on the smokin side of hot - actually in places it's beyond hot (as in down right dirty and somewhat depraved).

    Throughout the book Cari does not diminish in anyway Sherlock's intelligence or his arrogance. Whilst Willa becomes a willing partner for Sherlock, she is highly intelligent, free thinking independent woman - everything he admires. In true Sherlock Holmes style this is a clever murder mystery that needs unraveling and solving - oh yes the games afoot (it even has tentacles)!
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