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THE RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP Ballantine Books . Bantam Books . Delacorte Press . Dell . Delta . Del Rey . ESPN Books . One World . Spectra . Villard Contact: Sharon Propson, 212-782-9008/ [email protected] The highly-anticipated new Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes installment! “THE GOD OF THE HIVE is mesmerizing--another wonderful novel etched by the hand of a master storyteller. No reader who opens this one will be disappointed.” --Michael Connelly THE GOD OF THE HIVE By New York Times and Edgar Award-winning author Laurie R. King To be published as a Bantam Books Hardcover on April 27, 2010 Praise for Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell/ Sherlock Holmes series: “The great marvel of Laurie King’s [Mary Russell] series is that she’s managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes’s character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart.” —The Washington Post Book World “Audacious… Mary Russell is never less than fascinating company.” —Los Angeles Times “Good historical fiction is as close as we’ll ever get to time travel, and historical fiction doesn’t get any better than this.” —The Denver Post “Of the many fine writers currently adding to the canon of stories about [Holmes], the nimblest is Laurie R. King….Splendid fun.” —The Seattle Times “Excellent….King never forgets the true spirit of Conan Doyle.” —Chicago Tribune Critics have applauded New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author Laurie R. King’s lively and intelligent recasting of the iconic character of Sherlock Holmes with Mary Russell, a wife and partner of equal wit and cleverness, as “the most successful recreation of the famous inhabitant of 221B Baker Street ever attempted” (Houston Chronicle). Now with more than two million copies in print of this popular series and hot on the heels of her top 10 New York Times hardcover bestseller The Language of Bees—which introduced the world to Holmes’s long- lost son—she returns with THE GOD OF THE HIVE (A Bantam Hardcover to be published April 27, 2010). THE GOD OF THE HIVE opens with its protagonists scattered to the four winds. Russell is covertly making her way back to London, picking up a mysterious friend with a hidden past along the way. Holmes has fled to Holland, hiding a wounded son, poring over a host of questions. And the villains who nearly killed them all are still alive, back in London and laying traps to lure and finish off the intrepid detectives. King weaves a mesmerizing cat-and-mouse tale, where Russell and Holmes must draw upon all of their considerable wits to solve this mystery and—more importantly—elude a foe that intends to see the entire Holmes bloodline bled dry. Bringing history alive on the page and breathing new life into a literary icon, THE GOD OF THE HIVE showcases Laurie R. King’s unique writing talents. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Laurie R. King lives in the hills above Monterey Bay in northern California. Her background includes such diverse interests as Old Testament theology and construction work, and she has been writing crime fiction since 1987. The winner of the Edgar, the Nero, the Macavity and the John Creasey Awards, she is the author of highly-praised stand-alone suspense novels and a contemporary mystery series featuring San Francisco Police detective Kate Martinelli, and the author of nine mysteries in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, including the New York Times bestseller The Game and The Language of Bees. She is currently at work on her next novel to be published by Bantam. Visit Laurie’s website at www.laurierking.com and check out the exciting things happening with Laurie and “The Twenty Weeks of Buzz” including daily contests, a Twitter party with Mary Russell, and Laurie’s ongoing partnership between her fans and Heifer International. Photo credit Red Bat Photography THE GOD OF THE HIVE by Laurie R. King A Bantam Books Hardcover to be published April 27, 2010 Price: $25.00/Pages: 352 /ISBN: 978-0-553-80554-3 .