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Laurie R. King
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Laurie R. King’s bestselling 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.

I can say without a doubt that this is one of my favorite books in the series.

Blow-your-socks-off blend of current murder with past intrigue about Sherlock Holmes and Mrs. Hudson

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Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes

THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE

#1.0 • March 2002

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A MONSTEROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN

#2.0 • November 1996

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A LETTER OF MARY

#3.0 • January 1998

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THE MOOR

#4.0 • February 1999

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O JERUSALEM

#5.0 • June 2000

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JUSTICE HALL

#6.0 • February 2003

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THE GAME

#7.0 • March 2005

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LOCKED ROOMS

#8.0 • June 2005

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THE LANGUAGE OF BEES

#9.0 • May 2009

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THE GOD OF THE HIVE

#10.0 • May 2010

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PIRATE KING

#11.0 • September 2011

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GARMENT OF SHADOWS

#12.0 • September 2012

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DREAMING SPIES

#13.0 • March 2015

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THE MURDER OF MARY RUSSELL

#14.0 • April 2016

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ISLAND OF THE MAD

#15.0 • June 2018

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