When Mary Russell returns with her husband, the renowned Sherlock Holmes, home from abroad, her plans for peace and tranquillity are soon thwarted with the arrival of enigmatic painter Damian Adler. Adler, searching for his missing wife and child, leads them on a dangerous journey for answers. As the dynamics between right and wrong shift, Russell soon finds that the power of the sting can be more treacherous than she ever imagined.
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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.
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'Historical fiction doesn't get any better than this' Denver Post
Laurie R King has notched up over three million sales of her Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes novels

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749007195
Publisert
2010-07-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Allison & Busby
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Biographical note

Laurie R. King has won many awards for her work including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. Her background includes such diverse interests as Old Testament theology and construction work, and she is the author of highly praised stand-alone suspense novels and a contemporary mystery series, as well as the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series. She lives in California.