The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King

Samuel Hudson claims to be her son and aims a gun at Mary. The story starts innocently enough with Mary waiting at home for her husband, Holmes, to return, when a young man appears at the door looking for Clarissa Hudson, Mrs.

This not only is a departure in style, but also leads the reader to believe that Mary herself may be dead, ramping up the suspense. In The Murder of Mary Russell, King takes a huge step away from her former format and focuses on Clara Hudson, Holmes’ housekeeper. Because of that, I recommend that readers start with the first novel, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice.įor the most of the series, Mary Russell has been the narrator, with occasional chapters focusing on Sherlock Holmes in the third person. King in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series which also includes several short stories.

The Murder of Mary Russell is the 14th novel from Laurie R. There is death here, and murder, and trust betrayed. 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.

The key to Russell’s sacrifice lies in Mrs. Or rather to Clarissa, the woman she was before Baker Street. 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. In a devastating instant, everything changes. 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. Hudson? Russell’s faith and affection are suddenly shattered when a man arrives on the doorstep claiming to be Mrs. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond.Īnd what of the other person to whom Mary Russell has opened her heart: the couple’s longtime housekeeper, Mrs. Mary Russell is used to dark secrets-her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Russell and Holmes have become one of modern literature’s most beloved teams. King’s Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intriguing characters and enthralling suspense.

The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King