Island of the mad : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes / Laurie R. King.
""Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes untangle the slippery threads of insanity and deadly secrets as they investigate a disappearance in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called "the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today." A June summer's evening, on the Sussex Downs, in 1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are strolling across their orchard when the telephone rings: an old friend's beloved aunt has failed to return following a supervised outing from Bedlam. After the previous few weeks--with a bloody murder, a terrible loss, and startling revelations about Holmes--Russell is feeling a bit unbalanced herself. The last thing she wants is to deal with the mad, and yet, she can't say no. The Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in one asylum after another, yet she seemed to be improving--or at least, finding a point of balance in her madness. So why did she disappear? Did she take the family's jewels with her, or did someone else? The Bedlam nurse, perhaps? The trail leads Russell and Holmes through a lunatic asylum's stony halls to the warm Venice lagoon, where ethereal beauty is jarred by Mussolini's Blackshirts, where the gilded Lido set may be tempting a madwoman, and where Cole Porter sits ata piano, playing with ideas.."-- from publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780804177962
- ISBN: 0804177961
- Physical Description: 306 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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Subject: | Russell, Mary (Fictitious character), 1900- > Fiction. Holmes, Sherlock > Fiction. Women private investigators > India > Fiction. Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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Portage la Prairie Regional Library | AF KIN (Text) | 3675000204393 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Prince Rupert Library | King (Text) | 33294002024008 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Salt Spring Island Public Library | MYS KIN (Text) | 33123009601353 | Mystery fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-30 |
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100 Mile House Branch | KIN (Text) | 33923005985449 | Suspense | Volume hold | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
When an old friend's aunt fails to return after a supervised outing from an asylum, Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell investigate. - Baker & Taylor
"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes untangle the slippery threads of insanity and deadly secrets as they investigate a disappearance in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called "the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today." A June summer's evening, on the Sussex Downs, in 1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are strolling across their orchard when the telephone rings: an old friend's beloved aunt has failed to return following a supervised outing from Bedlam. After the previous few weeks--with a bloody murder, a terrible loss, and startling revelations about Holmes--Russell is feeling a bit unbalanced herself. The last thing she wants is to deal with the mad, and yet, she can't say no. The Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in one asylum after another, yet she seemed to be improving--or at least, finding a point of balance in her madness. So why did she disappear? Did she take the family's jewels with her, or did someone else? The Bedlam nurse, perhaps? The trail leads Russell and Holmes through a lunatic asylum's stony halls to the warm Venice lagoon, where ethereal beauty is jarred by Mussolini's Blackshirts, where the gilded Lido set may be tempting a madwoman, and where Cole Porter sits ata piano, playing with ideas.."-- - Baker & Taylor
When a friend's mentally unstable aunt goes missing along with a cache of jewels, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes follow leads to a 1925 Venice shaped by Mussolini's Blackshirts, the gilded Lido set and the music of Cole Porter. - Random House, Inc.
Laurie R. Kingâs New York Times bestselling series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes is âthe most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction todayâ (Lee Child)!
The last thing Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, need is to help an old friend with her mad, missing aunt. Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in one asylum after another, since the loss of her brother and father in the Great War. Although her mental state seemed to be improving, sheâs now disappeared after an outing from Bethlem Royal Hospital . . . better known as Bedlam.
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Russell wants nothing to do with the caseâbut she canât say no. To track down the vanished woman, she must use her deductive instincts and talent for subterfugeâand enlist her husbandâs legendary prowess. Together, the two travel from the grim confines of Bedlam to the murky canals of Veniceâonly to find the shadow of Benito Mussolini darkening the fate of a city, an era, and a tormented English lady of privilege.
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Praise for Island of the Mad
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âFull of lush details and clever twists.ââBooklist
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âOnce again validates Laurie R. King as the preeminent Holmes writer working today.ââBookreporter
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âA truly memorable mystery . . . Laurie King brings her always amazing imagination to the page to enthrall readers, as only she can do.ââSuspense Magazine
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âSuperb . . . shocking . . . Come for the mystery, stay for the sightseeing, the gibes at fascism, and the heroineâs climactic masquerade as silent film star Harold Lloyd.ââKirkus Reviews
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âThereâs no shortage of entertainment. . . . If you are a fan of the series, you wonât be disappointed!ââSan Francisco Book Review
âWell-plotted . . . This ranks as one of the better recent installments in this popular series.ââPublishers Weekly