A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Free

FREE THE MURDER OF MARY RUSSELL: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE FEATURING MARY RUSSELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES PDF

Description Imported from USA. Full description not available. The book is about a new mystery. Perfect for fans of this kind of novel. It is a text that can't be read on it's own, in my view. Read more Same as the others Another good read in the Mary Russell series. As well written and compelling as the other books in the Mary Russell series. This book spends a lot of time in Mrs Hudson's past so has a slightly different flavour but was very enjoyable. And this is quite a tale! But, it just isn't what I signed on to read. I am a fan of her series and enjoyed reading her inspired novels about Sherlock Holmes and his younger, intriguing wife. I didn't buy this book to read about Mrs. Hudson and her dark past! My quibble is not with King's writing, but more with the story she chose to tell. When I choose The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes book in a series it comes with certain expectations:. NOT this book. It was clever, I'll grant you that. But, it was not the Sherlockian experience I was seeking, and Mary Russell plays a very minor role in this story. It's all about Mrs. Hudson, and fascinating as the story may be, I was annoyed from the first chapter and never got over it. A good read. Sherlock and Mary Russell and so much more enjoyable than Sherlock and Watson! The great series continues - but is this the last one? This one is no exception. King's The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes to invent dialogue that lives up to Conan Doyle is quite astounding. I would recommend this book to, not only Sherlock Holmes fans but to anyone who loves a great detective story. Interweaving of narratives from different perspectives and at different The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, all brought together neatly at the end - very readable. Mrs Hudson's past catches up with them. This is about Mrs Hudson, her back story and how this catches up with her eventually, more than it is about Holmes and Russell. However, it's a good read in this series and I enjoyed it. Pretty deep stuff, but The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes usual a "can't put down" book. Love it. Another great story in this series from Laurie King. I love these books As with all this author's books, once you start reading you can't put it down. Very enjoyable. The item arrived, well packaged, through the letterbox and ahead of time. The story had a good premise, but too many things rendered it clumsy. Once past the very beginning where Mary is confronted by Samuel, the story slows down to a fairly dull pace. There is little to no suspense since, despite the title, we know Mary has not been killed. She is the main character, after all, and if one has read Ms. King's short stories, the reader is well aware Mary lives into old age. Also, I'm not a fan of books which jump back and forth between time periods and the bias held true here. I might have enjoyed the story better if, after the opening, we stuck completely with Mrs. Hudson's past life before returning to the present problem. Every time I had just immersed myself in Clarissa Hudson's exploits, I was jarred out of the story by a page or two describing Mary's escapades. Unfortunately, at this point, repetition then becomes a problem. Key points in Mrs. Hudson's life story are reiterated, ad nauseam in some instances. Retold to Mary by Holmes or Billy. Or to Hugh by Mrs. Or to Holmes by an outside party. Another problem occurred at the very end. Once a plan of action has been decided upon and Billy leaves with Mrs. Hudson, Mary and Holmes are reviewing their attempt to hustle Mrs. Hudson away from danger. The whole scenario with Mary and Samuel, however, isn't even mentioned. Inspector LeStrade is not a stupid man. Won't he wonder where all the blood came from during the attack on Mary? I hardly think he'd believe so much came from the cut on her arm. And just what will they tell him happened to Samuel, the attacker? What story will suffice? Are they going to say Mary killed the man in self-defense which is the truth? If so, why did they hide the body? A huge plot point is brushed over, in my opinion. All this is not to say I didn't enjoy a look into Mrs. Hudson's background. I just think the story could have been crafted in a more interesting manner. The once act which changes my view of her a bit is not either of the murders she committed. The first, her father, was an act of self-defense wherein she saved the lives of Holmes and Billy. And even though killing Hugh was a premeditated act, my sympathy remained with Mrs. Leaving her infant child with her sister, however, a woman Clarissa Hudson knew was cruel and selfish was mind-boggling. I don't care how nice Alicia's husband was, I can't believe Clarissa could so easily leave her child to endure a lifetime of her sister's care. But then, she always did seem to have a better connection with Billy which also proves a lack of maternal instinct on her part is bunk. Now, my favorite secondary character will no longer be a mainstay in these books. King may as well have killed Mrs. Hudson off unless she has plans to bring the character back into the future stories somehow. Hudson was a nice balance of hominess and normalcy to the frenetic pace of Russell and Holmes' lives and I will miss her. I have liked most of the series so far, finding the books refreshing, erudite and entertaining, but when the plot lost Mary Russell I found I was sort of losing the will to live! I ploughed on through a lot more chapters, encountering disparate and disreputable characters, but the trouble was nothing much happened, and I suddenly wondered why I was bothering. I love Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Hudson, about whom I knew little. Although, as the title suggests, Mary is in peril from early on, Clara—or Clarissa, as she was originally, according to this story—Hudson definitely takes over the story. King does a fantastic job of developing her as a character and inventing a complex backstory for her, including detailed descriptions of her parents, her sister, her early life, and how she became involved with Holmes. The writing is wonderfully detailed. Tens of thousands of tight little knots had gone into its making, and a great deal of thought…. How many hours had this taken him? What had been going on all around him while he worked, what conversations, what kinds of men at his side? Holding it to her face, she could smell the sea and the smouldering lamps, and the tobacco the others had smoked while he worked. She could smell his life, far away. Hudson is on stage, which fortunately is most of the time. Not what I expected, but still a desirable read. I like a bit more Mary Russell. This product is currently out of stock. Similar Products. Recorded Books - Mary Russell Mysteries

Laurie R. King has been writing crime fiction since and won many awards for her work in fiction including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. She lives in North California. Download cover. Mary Russell is well used to dark secrets - her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond. But what of the other person Mary Russell has opened her heart to, that third member of the Holmes household: Mrs Hudson? Blood on the floor, a token on the mantelpiece, the smell of gunshot in the air: all point directly at Clara Hudson - or rather, at Clarissa, the woman she was before Baker Street. The key to Russell's sacrifice lies The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mrs Hudson's past, and to uncover the crime, a frantic Sherlock Holmes must put aside his anguish and push deep into his housekeeper's secrets, to a time before her disguise was assumed, before her crimes were buried away. There is death here, and murder, and trust betrayed. More books by this author. Category: Historical fiction. ISBN: Back to top. Advanced Search. My bag 0. The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King: | : Books

I hope you agree. A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat—the latest adventure of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. The castle is Bran: a tall, quirky, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly-regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie, a thanks from her people, and she loves it as she loves her The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes children. The threat is…now, that is less clear. Shadowy figures, vague whispers, the fears of girls, dangers that may only be accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep. But a young girl is involved, and a beautiful queen. Just up the coast lies a more traditional pleasure ground: Monte Carlo, where fortunes are won, lost, stolen, and hidden away. After the previous few weeks—with a bloody murder, a terrible loss, and startling revelations about Holmes—Russell is feeling a bit unbalanced herself. There is death here, and murder, and trust betrayed. And nothing will ever be the same. King takes readers way back in her bestselling series with this exclusive ebook short story, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark upon the riskiest adventure of their partnership: their wedding. The case takes them from one spring to the next, across two oceans and into the Bodleian Library, where the secrets are just beginning. Now they find themselves in Morocco. Although it takes some time before Russell knows quite where, since she wakes in a strange city with no memory, in unfamiliar clothes, and with blood on her hands—and to make matters more interesting, there seems to be a war on. Holmes, meanwhile, is swanning around in the Atlas Mountains, ducking bullets, happily oblivious to both the war and his missing amnesiac wife. Also available in print as an extra in the US paperback of Pirate King. Chased by those who want them dead, chasing answers to deadly mysteries, the consequences of what they find will circle the globe, and involve a man with a curious identity and a dangerous past. Bohemian artists, religious fanatics, and a thinned-down Mycroft: will wonders never cease? Russell knows that the time has come to close up the house and business interests she inherited on the death of her family, ten years before. Little does she anticipate the complexity of events her past is built upon, the layers of trust and betrayal that are locked inside her memory. Only Holmes suspects what lies therein—and even he is not prepared for the danger that unfolds. Mary Russell and her partner, Sherlock Holmes, are setting The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes for the wilds of India, jousting with maharajas and British spymasters alike as they search for a missing figure from an earlier age of colonial spycraft. Showing the acronyms used in referring them, and in order of publication, they are:. It ends shortly after the first Zeppelin bombardment of London, May 31, Its dates are December to early February, A Monstrous Regiment of Women starts on Boxing Day, December 26,when Russell is about to turn 21, and ends in early February, with after-notes that reach forward some months. Her own events during this time may see future publication. The Language of Bees covers a scant three weeks, from August 10 to August 30, God of the Hivebeing a continuation of Language of Beespicks up The Murder of Mary Russell: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes August 30 to finish the case on September 9, with an epilogue dated Oct. Pirate King takes place in Novemberroughly the 6 th through the 30 th. Garment of Shadows covers the closing weeks ofand sees January dawn in The Murder of Mary Russell has portions set in the 19 th century, and the rest in May, For those who have trouble believing in their longevity, one must point out that the Times of Londonthe paper of record in the British world, has yet to publish a Sherlock Holmes or Mary Russell obituary. And The Times of London does not miss things of that import. Click on any book cover to learn more. Or as they are known in the West… vampires. Read more.