Pirate King (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes)
When Mary Russell is called upon to investigate the criminal activities that surround England's silent-film supremo Randolph Fflytte, she finds herself travelling undercover to Morocco, as chaperone to the stars of his latest extravaganza, Pirate King, based on Gilbert and Sullivan's masterful...
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When Mary Russell is called upon to investigate the criminal activities that surround England's silent-film supremo Randolph Fflytte, she finds herself travelling undercover to Morocco, as chaperone to the stars of his latest extravaganza, Pirate King, based on Gilbert and Sullivan's masterful The Pirates of Penzance. Nothing seems amiss until the cameras start to roll and Mary feels a storm of trouble brewing...a derelict boat, a film crew with secrets, ominous currents between the pirates, decks awash with budding romance - and where is her husband Sherlock Holmes? As film fiction becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780749040680 (0749040688)
ASIN: 0749040688
Publish date: 2012-06-25
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (#11)
Fun, almost farcical or comedic thriller/action/adventure...? A bit of a tone change from previous entries, but still a great read.
This is absolutely my most favorite 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.
An entertaining but somewhat simplistic book. The plot was forecast from the get-go, the conclusion seemed both easy and unearned, and the cast was so large, I frequently lost track of many of the people. However, it was highly entertaining and a quick, easy read. Nothing groundbreaking or deep here...
This was an engaging episode of the long-running Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell series that began with The Beekeeper's Apprentice in 1994 and continues in this eleventh story. This is a lighter episode than the previous one. Mary is asked by Inspector Lestrade to go undercover with a company making a ...
As with all Laurie King books, this one is very well written. I just couldn't get into it though. She is without Holmes in this book and it just didn't give me the warm fuzzies that I get in their interactions; however awkward and distant. It did keep my interest though and I am hoping that Holmes s...
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