The Murder of Mary Russell

Mary Russell is well used to dark secrets - her own, and those of her famous



partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over



the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond. But



what of the other person Mary Russell has opened her heart to, that third



member of the Holmes household: Mrs Hudson? Blood on the floor, a token on



the mantelpiece, the smell of gunshot in the air: all point directly at Clara



Hudson - or rather, at Clarissa, the woman she was before Baker Street. The



key to Russell's sacrifice lies in Mrs Hudson's past, and to uncover the crime, 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. There is death here, and murder, and trust betrayed.



Laurie R. King has won many awards for her work including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. In 2022 she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. King is the author of highly praised stand-alone suspense novels and a contemporary mystery series, as well as the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series. She lives in Northern California.