- Women private investigators, British, Fiction, New York Times bestseller
The shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of Fez, and Holmes badly wants the wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he's learned, to his horror, has gone missing. As Holmes searches for her, and Russell, suffering a temporary memory loss, searches for her"self," each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late for them, for Africa, and for the peace of Europe.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Laurie R. King
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 381
- Publisher
- Magna, Bantam Books, Allison & Busby, Limited
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553386769
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Laurie R. King is the *New York Times* bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (***The Beekeeper’s Apprentice*** was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. She co-edited (with Lee Child) the new handbook from Mystery Writers of America, ***How to Write a Mystery***, and has a new contemporary series with SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing, beginning with
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