The Murder of Mary Russell is the fifteenth and most recent (per
SYKM) in the Russell/Holmes series by Laurie R. King. I've read and enjoyed almost all of these, although I have to say the blurb for this one doesn't excite me. Still, I'm happy to see it drop (just for the day) to $1.99 at several US retailers - at that price I'm going to try it on the strength of the series, and not the blurb
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Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mary-R.../dp/B00UEL0KV4
Nook US:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...ing/1122426042
Kobo US:
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...f-mary-russell
Spoiler:
Quote:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intriguing characters and enthralling suspense. Russell and Holmes have become one of modern literature’s most beloved teams. But does this adventure end it all?
Mary Russell is 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.
And what of the other person to whom Mary Russell has opened her heart: the couple’s longtime housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson? Russell’s faith and affection are suddenly shattered when a man arrives on the doorstep claiming to be Mrs. Hudson’s son.
What Samuel Hudson tells Russell cannot possibly be true, yet she believes him—as surely as she believes the threat of the gun in his hand. In a devastating instant, everything changes. And when the scene is discovered—a pool of blood on the floor, the smell of gunpowder in the air—the most shocking revelation of all is that the grim clues point directly to Clara Hudson.
Or rather to Clarissa, the woman she was before Baker Street.
The key to Russell’s sacrifice lies in Mrs. Hudson’s past. To uncover the truth, 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.
And nothing will ever be the same.
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