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April 21, 2010 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781456114732
- File size: 342889 KB
- Duration: 11:54:21
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- English
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AudioFile Magazine
Mary Russell and her husband, the aging Sherlock Holmes, face threats from various sources, including Scotland Yard, a dangerous faction within the British Government, and a religious fanatic. Until they can get to the bottom of it all, they need to spirit Holmes's son to safety and protect his granddaughter. Jenny Sterlin's narration of the latest installment in King's stellar Mary Russell series is calm as she switches from the first-person narration of Russell to the third person while detailing the exploits of other characters. Sterlin rises to the challenge of differentiating various male characters, many with an upper-class British accent. Her presentation of King's obviously well-researched Holmes is authentic and creates an intriguing listen for both King's fans and devotees of Conan Doyle's famous detective. K.J.P. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine -
Publisher's Weekly
March 8, 2010
Those who enjoyed the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes
starring Robert Downey Jr. may appreciate bestseller King's heavy-on-action, light-on-deduction 10th novel featuring Mary Russell and her much older husband, Conan Doyle's iconic detective. The plot picks up in the summer of 1924 right after the previous entry in the series, The Language of Bees
. A religious fanatic, Rev. Thomas Brothers, who seeks to unleash psychic energies through human sacrifice, has shot Holmes's artist son, Damian Adler, seriously wounding the young man. Holmes's desperate quest for medical help to save his son's life takes him to Holland, while Mary travels throughout Britain in an effort to keep Damian's half-Chinese daughter, Estelle, safe from Brothers and his allies. Cliffhanging situations abound as both leads benefit from the convenient appearance of extremely helpful strangers.
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