Edgar Award-winnende mysteryschrijfster Laurie R. King creëert meeslepende verhalen die zich verdiepen in ingewikkelde plots en de psychologie van haar personages. Haar werk staat bekend om zijn intellectuele diepgang, waarbij vaak complexe relaties en maatschappelijke nuances worden onderzocht binnen boeiende mysteriestructuren. King combineert meesterlijk spanning met een doordachte karakterontwikkeling, en creëert verhalen die lang na de laatste pagina bij de lezers blijven hangen. Haar onderscheidende stem en vakkundig opgebouwde mysteries verstevigen haar plaats als een belangrijke figuur in de hedendaagse misdaadfictie.
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Gedurende de Eerste Wereldoorlog ontwikkelt zich een merkwaardig partnerschap tussen Sherlock Holmes en een 15-jarig meisje dat hij onder zijn hoede neemt.
For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad is a delicious anticipation. But the longed for sweetness of their homecoming is quickly tempered by a bitter memory from her husband's past.
Mary and Sherlock head to San Francisco to settle the Russell estate and there the trauma Mary has been suppressing since childhood starts to reassert itself.
Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath and the limitless resources of those they've thwarted. Now they are separated and on the run, wanted by the police, and pursued across the Continent by a ruthless enemy with powerful connections.
London, 1926. Harris Stuyvesant, agent of the US Bureau of Investigation, is on a mission. A series of bomb attacks on American soil, thought to be the work of an up-and-coming British politician, have left him with a vendetta more personal than professional. But when his search for answers leads him to government official Aldous Carstairs, the US agent may find himself in over his head.At Carstairs' recommendation, Stuyvesant enlists the help of Bennett Grey, a man with unique abilities. After the Great War left him with an excruciating sensitivity to human deceit, Grey has withdrawn from the world. Now, however, he must help the American insert himself into the terrorist's rich and radical social circle. Here Stuyvesant uncovers hidden secrets, a horrifying conspiracy, and wonders if he can trust his touchstone, Grey, to reveal the most dangerous player of all . . .
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Laurie R. King illuminates the hidden corners of her beloved Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series in this dynamic short story collection.
A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure
From the award-winning author of "Justice Hall" and "Folly" comes this "New York Times" bestselling novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband and partner, Sherlock Holmes.
