The Moor: A Mary Russell Novel - Hardcover

King, Laurie R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312169345 ISBN 13: 9780312169343

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Married sleuths Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell revisit the scene of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles to uncover the source of a centuries-old family curse, at the center of which is Dartmoor, a great Devonshire moor. Mystery Guild Feat Alt. BAKER & TAYLOR

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Review:

Long-time fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, might think that their favourite sleuth met his fate at the hands of Dr Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Anyone who believes that, however, obviously hasn't read Laurie R King's delightful series featuring Holmes and his wife (!), Mary Russell. In The Beekeeper's Apprentice Holmes succumbs to the Oxford scholar's charms; now, in The Moor, fourth in the series, Holmes and Russell are summoned to Devonshire to solve a tin miner's mysterious death. Lonely Dartmoor provides plenty of opportunities for King to both relate the haunting legends of that part of the world and offer some amusing revisions to one of Holmes's most famous cases, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Though Holmes purists might resent the liberties taken with their hero, readers in search of a strong female protagonist, some fascinating local history, and spooky ambience will enjoy The Moor. --Amazon.com

Review:

‘There’s no resisting the appeal of King’s thrillingly moody scenes of Dartmoor and her lovely evocations of its legends.’
New York Times Book Review

‘King not only provides a suitably generous array of things that go bump in the night, but suplies an explanation for all the skullduggery... that’s at least as ingenious and plausible as Conan Doyle’s own.’
Booklist.

‘The great marvel of King’s series is that she’s managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes’s character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart’
Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312169345
• ISBN 13: 9780312169343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 307