The God of the Hive (Audio)
ISBN:
9781456114732 (1456114735)
Publish date: March 28th 2011
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (#10)
Another excellent entry in the series. This is perhaps the most James Bond-ish of the lot; political machinations, spy action, secrets and danger all 'round.
Another book in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series, which I love in general. This one was not as satisfying because the two main characters are separated for 90 percent of the book. The case is intriguing, and Sherlock's brother Mycroft's involvement is crucial, but the ending is a little...
This is the tenth in the Mary Russell series, where King gives Sherlock Holmes an unlikely (on the surface) romantic and professional partner: Mary Russell, a feminist, American, Jewish, an Oxford theological scholar--and less than half his age. It works though, usually the Russell books are a compl...
Intertwining this mystery with the previous surface villain was a very clever move, building tension and risk without sacrificing the competence of any of the protagonists. Robin Goodman is a mysterious figure, and I still don't quite understand his place in the conclusion.
I didn't like this one as much as I have liked other Mary Russell Books...I felt this one kind of dragged on.
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