Garment of Shadows (Mary Russell, #12)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780553907551 (0553907557)
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (#12)
Garment of Shadows is a return to form for Laurie R. King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, after a rather weak The Pirate King (I gave the latter 2 1/2 stars). This one features amnesia, a fun Moroccan 1920s setting, and the return of two of my favorite supporting characters - Ali and Mahmou...
This is absolutely my most favorite Holmes series ever! Every book in the series is fantastic-5 star! If you like Sherlock Holmes, you have to read this pastiche. King's is the best one I've read yet.
This is the twelfth book in the Mary Russell series, which gives Sherlock Holmes a romantic and professional partner--and it works. Well, almost always--I didn't like the book before this, The Pirate King much, and worried a tiny bit the series might have jumped the shark. The series truly is...
I think this book is just too smart for me. I'm sad to say it kept my interest until Holmes appeared on-scene and then we got into a very long, very tedious history lesson, and from that point on, it just couldn't recapture my attention. Very disappointing, because I'd heard such good things about ...
Read my full review @ http://bit.ly/W7aVD4My opinion: While I am a HUGE fan of the Mary Russell series, I simply wasn't a fan of this book. For lovers of historical fiction/mystery, the Mary Russell Holmes series is a must read. On that note, I found myself very bored not only with the setting of th...
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