Pirate King is the 12th in Laurie R. King's excellent IMO Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. This edition also contains a fun bonus prequel short story,
Beekeeping for Beginners, told from Holmes' point of view.
Pirate is on sale in the US right now for $2.99.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4XGEU
Kindle US/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B004J4XGEU
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/pir...-for-beginners
Spoiler:
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In England’s young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels undercover to the set of Fflytte’s latest cinematic extravaganza, Pirate King. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation . . . or sink a boatload of careers.
As the company starts rehearsals in Lisbon, the thirteen blond-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming, Russell senses ominous currents of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with many secrets, decks awash with budding romance—and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their outlaw leader. Where can Sherlock Holmes be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout.
Features Laurie R. King’s short story, Beekeepers for Beginners, and an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Garment of Shadows.
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