Crime-writer Laurie R King writes two series of novels, the first
set in California and the second in England, both of which have
received prestigious awards. This, the fourth title in the second
series, finds half-American Mary Russell tranquilly at work in
1920s Oxford on her latest theological project, blissfully unaware
that her peace is to be shattered, not for the first time, by a
peremptory summons to join her husband in some distant place - and
at once. Mary, known socially and professionally by her maiden
name, is irritated. It is only a month since she was allowed to
return to the calm of the Oxford libraries. But she knows she must
go, for although she loves her work her husband's is much more
exciting - and the telegram has arrived from an intriguing source:
Devon, where Sherlock Holmes is visiting an old, sick friend and
where, more than 20 years earlier, he solved the mystery of the
terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles. Could Dartmoor have spawned
another strange creature to cause havoc - and worse - among the
all-too-gullible residents of the Moor? Mary can't wait to find
out, and to bring her own courage and scholarly powers to bear on
the phenomenon. This is a very well-written, ever-so-slightly
tongue-in-cheek take on the Conan Doyle stories, featuring a
surprisingly uxorious Holmes and a fitting partner for him:
affectionate, admiring, and prepared to suffer indignities,
discomforts, life-threatening perils and permanently wet feet in
the service of detection. Mary is the narrator, so we see Holmes
and his work through her eyes, and the beauty and menace of the
Moor through her eloquent words. The old friend they are visiting
was a real person: the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould, parson, writer
and folksong historian. His descendants helped the author with her
research, and the mix of reality, family recollection and fiction
is beautifully balanced. (Kirkus UK)
Rumours of a ghostly carriage and a huge ‘devil dog’ on a moonlit moor lead Sherlock Holmes and his wife and sleuthing partner Mary Russell back to the eerie scene of one of his most celebrated cases. And when the body of tin miner Josiah Gorton is found surrounded by oversize paw prints, it looks as if the Hound of the Baskervilles has returned to haunt Dartmoor once more.
Attempting to unravel the mystery, Holmes and Russell find themselves caught up in local legend, myth and folklore as a devilish pattern begins to develop against the backdrop of the dark, foreboding Devonshire moor. True to their expectations, events have a real-world explanation, but it is one that combines more wild emotion, surprise, and frightening suspense than any ghost story could.
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