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Justice Hall (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #6)

by Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author)

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 5,328 ratings · 330 reviews

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King.

Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one murky riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door...literally. It’s a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since. But it’s not until Holm...more

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Published February 4th 2003 by Bantam (first published January 1st 2002)

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Jan 26, 2012 Kim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-fiction, kindle

This sixth novel in the Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes series may be my favourite so far. If so, it is not because of the mystery, which is whether the battlefield execution of a young officer in WWI was in fact a sophisticated murder. Nor it is because of anything that Russell and Holmes actually did in the course of the novel, although they remain on good form.

In my view, the chief strength of the novel lies in two characters who made their first appearance in the preceding novel in the serie...more
This sixth novel in the Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes series may be my favourite so far. If so, it is not because of the mystery, which is whether the battlefield execution of a young officer in WWI was in fact a sophisticated murder. Nor it is because of anything that Russell and Holmes actually did in the course of the novel, although they remain on good form.

In my view, the chief strength of the novel lies in two characters who made their first appearance in the preceding novel in the series – O Jerusalem – albeit in a very different guise - and in another character introduced in the novel, the redoubtable Iris. These three are great characters: compelling, exotic and just believable enough. Another strength is the moving theme of battlefield executions during WWI and the experience of war in the trenches, which is poignantly described. The scene involving Russell and Holmes and the elderly chaplain is particularly moving.

King writes lovely, fluid prose, with interesting dialogue and powerful descriptive language. The narrative is – as is usual in this series - from the perspective of Mary Russell, whose observations are caustic and witty. The mystery is secondary to other themes and the resolution is consequently not terribly suspenseful. While this is certainly a weakness in a crime fiction novel, it did not unduly disturb me because of the novel’s strengths. Something which may be perceived as a strength or a weakness depending on the perspective of the reader, is the setting the major part of the novel: the country estate of an English aristocrat. It’s all rather Downton Abbey. If I weren’t somewhat addicted to that television series, I might roll my eyes. But as I am, the setting only added to my reading pleasure.

This novel contained several scenes which moved me to tears. This doesn’t happen to me that often when I read crime fiction and when it does, it’s a definite mark in the writer’s favour. Overall, this is a solid novel in a solid series.
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Jul 07, 2010 Julia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery, dropbox

Once I have managed to transplant myself someplace with more shelf space, I know all of the Marry Russell novels in hardcover will be moving in with them. Reading this book was a struggle for self-control, as I am simultaneously anxious to read faster, faster and find the resolution of the mystery, while at the same time I want to slow down and savor each subtle and delightful sentence. I look forward to the re-read, when the whip of mystery will be gone and I can simply relish the wonderful cha...more

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Apr 20, 2010 Joyce Lagow rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Sixth in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series.[return][return]Russell and Holmes have barely returned home to Sussex before they are startled by insistent knocking at their door. Russell opens the door--and Ali, one of the two � Arabs� with whom Holmes and Russell sojourned in Palestine, falls through the door. This is a very different Ali--dressed in expensive Western clothing and wounded. After rest, Ali, clearly not an Arab (although both Russell and Holmes knew that before leaving Palesti...more

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May 04, 2013 Quint rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was one of the most heartwarming and tearjerking novels I have read in a long time. At the same time, the last chapters was so suspenseful I had a choice of reaching for a soda or a tissue.

The story is set in post-World War I and talks a lot about the experiences of the troops, the incompetency of British military leadership and its aftermath, and how it impacted even an important British family. Mary went to Canada to find an individual and the heir to a British family, but it did not end...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Aaron Hunter rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An exquisite return to form - not formulae - by Laurie R. King after the flounderings of The Moor, Justice Hall is a stimulating and nuanced mystery. Drawing upon the best of her previous texts, The Beekeeper's Apprentice and O Jerusalem, Justice Hall reunites Mary Russell and Holmes with their closest comrades, the Hazr "brothers" of Palestine. Now returned to England and trapped by ancestral nobility, these men have sought the assistance of those they can trust to both honour and find freedom...more

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Oct 15, 2012 EmmaLee Pryor rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Boring......so boring......the mystery, which takes sooooo long to build up, is resolved so very quickly without truly understanding why he would do these things in the first place. The killer is supposedly trying to murder his way to the Dukeship, yet he is about 4? people away! He plans on killing all those people and not having anyone get suspicious? And his personality/character isn't examined at all (as I would have expected Holmes or Mary to do, since they are so observant and brilliant),...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Kiersten rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really like this series, and Justice Hall is my favorite of the bunch. I'm on a definite Sherlock Holmes kick lately, so that helps, but I also just think that King is a great writer. The word that keeps popping into my head when I think about her writing is "erudition." She is not necessarily a beautiful writer; her style isn't poetic or particularly lovely in anyway, but she's a smart writer. She doesn't hold the reader's hand. I feel like she assumes that her readers are intelligent and can...more I really like this series, and Justice Hall is my favorite of the bunch. I'm on a definite Sherlock Holmes kick lately, so that helps, but I also just think that King is a great writer. The word that keeps popping into my head when I think about her writing is "erudition." She is not necessarily a beautiful writer; her style isn't poetic or particularly lovely in anyway, but she's a smart writer. She doesn't hold the reader's hand. I feel like she assumes that her readers are intelligent and can understand nuances without being hit over the head, an assumption that is rare in authors of less-high-quality mystery novels. There are lots of red herrings and loose ends that aren't tied up in the end, making the books realistically messy at times. King also throws in lots of cultural, historical, and literary allusions (one of my favorites: "[so and so] was [doing such and such] when Victoria was wearing color." I can't remember the exact quote, but I loved the reference.). All of her cultural allusions, as far as I can tell, are appropriate to the time. I love her use of the characters, events, and culture of the time: Holmes, of course, and also Rudyard Kipling's Kim and Dashiell Hammett, an actual person and author of the Sam Spade detective novels, are all characters in her books. She also mentions the vote for women, land girls during WWI, airplanes, chewing gum, flappers, and silent films, among other things. I love all of the cultural details--the trips to India and Jerusalem were fun, but having taken a fairly rigorous college course on the history of San Francisco, I loved Locked Doors; so much of what we covered in the course was woven into the story--the dynamiting of Van Ness, for instance, or Amadeo Giannini, president and founder of Bank of Italy (now Bank of America and considerably less concerned for its client's interests) braving the fires following the 1906 earthquake to rescue his investors' deposits, etc. And it was done seamlessly--not in a way that was jarring or tangential. And, of course, Mary Russell is just a great character. She's supposed to be smart and interesting and has a sense of humor, and I just love her. And I love that you can hear her voice in the books. At times I really do forget that they were written in the last few years, and not in the 1920s. Overall, I've just really enjoyed this series, and I'm sad I've come to the end (I just finished Pirate King). Hopefully she has a few more titles in the work.(less)

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Nov 26, 2011 Katie M. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: mystery fans, fans of British period drama

Shelves: mystery

Justice Hall provides another stirring adventure for Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Friends made in an earlier sojourn in Palestine unexpectedly draw Russell and Holmes into the affairs of an aristocratic household. Unusually for a mystery, it's initially a bit unclear what if any crime has been committed, but soon Russell and Holmes are on the trail of events tracing back to the Great War. The case leads from the majestic country house to London, France, and even Canada. I enjoyed the cast o...more

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Nov 04, 2011 Helen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, historical-mystery

We're up to #6 in Laurie King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. We're back home from The Moor, which was October and have no more than started to unpack than Ali Hazr falls in through their front door with an incredible story of a ducal family, a number of deaths which have upset the inheritance pattern & will Holmes and Mary help him to persuade "Marsh" to leave his inheritance and come back to Palestine where they belong. The family has always used righteousness/justice as their watch...more

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Sep 27, 2011 Kam rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, historical

It's always a pleasure when a book series one favors might start out weak, but then proceeds to go from strength to strength. Of course, it could be that the reader simply gets used to the characters, and perhaps grows fond enough of them that weaknesses in other aspects of the series seem less obvious in the face of comforting familiarity, but I've always been more attached to plots than to characters themselves. It's why I can say Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is superior (in my eyes any...more

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Mar 15, 2011 Leonie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I did think the writing was good, but overall this was a really damp squib. There's a very heavy layer of exoticising going on, not only with the Arabic stuff relative to Bedouin-cum-surprise English gentlemen, but with the English upper classes. I've come across this tone from American authors before and it's always a little offputting. The tone of marvelling at strange ways was kind of exhausting and seemed counterintuitive; it's hard to care about people from this perspective, and King overem...more

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Oct 09, 2010 Ali rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the 6th installment of the Mary Russell series, which features an ageing Sherlock Holmes, with brief appearances from Mycroft Holmes and Mrs Hudson. Russell and Holmes return home from their most recent adventure to be immediately thrust into another. The novel features characters featured in O Jerusalem - which is marketed as the 5th book but because of the dates of the story, chronologically happens at the time of the 1st book, and was sent out as a bookcrossing book ring together with...more

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Sep 26, 2010 sage rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: canada, crime, disability, fiction, glbt-interest, historical-fiction, mystery, reviewed

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Holy crap, this was wonderful. I both lost it laughing and actually wept, and I haven't cried at a book in ages. Happily, I was completely unspoiled for this, and I'm so glad for it. I think what I loved most is that this is a book about families and secrets and love FAR more than it's a whodunnit. The mystery itself is well-done, but so many mysteries -- especially in the Holmes genre -- are exercises in "ha-ha, look how clever the detective is!" This book is great because Russell and Holmes ar...more Holy crap, this was wonderful. I both lost it laughing and actually wept, and I haven't cried at a book in ages. Happily, I was completely unspoiled for this, and I'm so glad for it. I think what I loved most is that this is a book about families and secrets and love FAR more than it's a whodunnit. The mystery itself is well-done, but so many mysteries -- especially in the Holmes genre -- are exercises in "ha-ha, look how clever the detective is!" This book is great because Russell and Holmes aren't at all aloof from everyone else involved. They care deeply, and as a reader, you get invested in all of them, so that even if you do figure out who did it by the midway point (or earlier), the emotional payoff of the end is completely worth the journey.

I love this SO HARD, OMG.

tag notes:
glbt interest tag: 1. awesome lesbian major character (Iris) in a 20-year relationship with a woman (Dan, short for Danielle)
2. and this exchange:
He [Holmes] smiled to himself. "It is a rather interesting variation on a marriage, is it not?"

[Russell:] "Do you mean Marsh and Iris, or all three of them?" [Meaning Mahmoud/Marsh, Iris, and Ali]

But his smile only deepened.

disability tag: minor character (Ben O'Meary) - positive portrayal, if brief.

Canada: transatlantic sideline to rural Ontario! (The geeky part of my brain that digs setting so hard was so, so happy.)

*happy sigh*

This book is, effectively, a dozen of my favorite things on a platter: mystery! strong female protagonist! Holmes! Mycroft! revisiting characters from earlier in the series -- continuity yay! gorgeously drawn settings! secret passages! ancient ruins! war story! awesome non-anachronistic women! queer people! friendly nontraditional marriages! hilariously-dealt with nosy children (without a shred of smarm)! nefarious intrigue both for ill and for justice! ancient scholarly library! creepy Biblical references! Action plots demanding action and travel and people thinking on their feet instead of sitting in chairs and thinking for 300 pages! And, like I said, a whole book full of people to get personally invested in! (Er, that's a bit more than a dozen. Yay? *g*)(less)

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Feb 21, 2010 Kspeare rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, suspense

JUSTICE HALL is my favorite Russell/Holmes mystery. In general, this series has the blend of mystery, finely drawn characterization and setting, humor, and *just enough* romance that I prefer. Each book is more than the sum of those parts, though, and this one is quite a bit more.

Set around 1923 mainly in a fictional Great House of England, it reunites Russell and Holmes with well-remembered characters from an earlier book, almost unrecognizeable in their current roles. The book's mystery revolv...more

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Oct 21, 2009 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Justice Hall is another book in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series and was, dare I say, one of the most enjoyable yet! Readers should note however that this book will certainly not be enjoyed as much if they have not read the fourth book in the series "O Jerusalem". That book lays the foundation for the returning characters in this story. Laurie King has really outdone herself with this story line. It is compelling as we meet Mahmoud and Ali, but this time in their proper British personnas...more

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Jun 08, 2009 Linda Suzane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

JUSTICE HALL is the sixth book in the series about Sherlock Holmes and his wife Mary Russell. Yes, a much older Sherlock Holmes, now in his fifties, has taken on an apprentice and a wife, in the much younger Mary Russell. The stories are told from Mary's viewpoint, as she and Sherlock work together to solve cases.

This one reunites Mary and Sherlock with two former friends, but times find them much changed. When Mary and Sherlock knew them, they knew them as Ali and Muhammad, two Beduins who help...more JUSTICE HALL is the sixth book in the series about Sherlock Holmes and his wife Mary Russell. Yes, a much older Sherlock Holmes, now in his fifties, has taken on an apprentice and a wife, in the much younger Mary Russell. The stories are told from Mary's viewpoint, as she and Sherlock work together to solve cases.

This one reunites Mary and Sherlock with two former friends, but times find them much changed. When Mary and Sherlock knew them, they knew them as Ali and Muhammad, two Beduins who helped them travel through Palestine on a secret mission for Mycroft. At the time Sherlock had his suspicions that the two brothers were not originally Arab as they appeared. And indeed they were not. Now, Ali turns up on the door begging help for Muhammad and looking and sounding like a very proper English gentleman. The problem that Ali needs help with so desperately is the fact that circumstances have demanded that Muhammad resume his old life as Marsh Hughenfort and the death of the heir to the title has made him the seventh Duke. Mary and Sherlock travel to Justice Hall and find a very unhappy man determined to do his duty, even though being away from his beloved desert is killing him. When it becomes clear that they will not be able to change his mind, Sherlock and Mary set out to help by providing Marsh with support during the difficult time and begin investigating the rather suspicious death of the young heir, executed for cowardice during World War I, and the set out to prove whether or not Marsh's heir, the son of his brother, is actually his son. More and more mysteries enter and then someone tries to kill Marsh. And the game is afoot.

Laurie E. King has written another great addition to her rather improbable mystery series that takes a very much different look at Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock is still the Sherlock we know and love and yet different. Mary is charming and a very unique modern woman, a true heroine. JUSTICE HALL is very worth reading.

Reviewed by Linda Suzane, June 5, 2002. www.midnightblood.com

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Jun 04, 2009 Kayeb rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This one brings in Laurie Kings knowledge of the Old Testament which she studied, but also war life. her descriptions are chilling..... life in trenches brought to all too vivid pictures in her letters from Gabriel, the now dead heir to Justice Hall.

We see the decadence of wealth in England (an enormous estate is transformed into Egypt for a party, for example) to the grim reality of the war. The uncovering of the future heir is plausible, and takes us briefly to Canada......which brings out the...more This one brings in Laurie Kings knowledge of the Old Testament which she studied, but also war life. her descriptions are chilling..... life in trenches brought to all too vivid pictures in her letters from Gabriel, the now dead heir to Justice Hall.

We see the decadence of wealth in England (an enormous estate is transformed into Egypt for a party, for example) to the grim reality of the war. The uncovering of the future heir is plausible, and takes us briefly to Canada......which brings out the emergence of women taking on new roles etc. I wish I understood more of the brain that develops these wonderful plots, and then pulls research together into an amazing journey to new times and lands. Laurie King is an even more compelling author than I had realized reading her books one at a time...

[close:] A lost heir, murder most foul, and the unexpected return of two old friends start Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes--spouses and intellectual equals--on an investigation that takes them from the trenches of World War I France to the heights of English society. In this sixth entry in Laurie King's award-winning series, fans will find the Baker Street sleuth mellowed by age and marriage yet still in possession of his deductive abilities and acerbic wit, and, in Mary Russell, a surprisingly apt companion for the legendary detective.
Justice Hall brings back two colorful characters from earlier in the series: Bedouins Ali and Mahmoud Hazr (now known as Alistair and Marsh), who last appeared in O Jerusalem. At their request, Holmes and Russell take up the trail of the doomed heir to Justice Hall, who has been executed for cowardice in the bloody trenches of France. As the detectives strive to make sense of his death and to locate another heir to the family title, an attempt is made on the life of the man who's soon to be welcomed as the new duke. Holmes and Russell soon realize something sinister is afoot, and that they must untangle a web of deceit to discover which of the many suspects is taking steps to shorten the line of inheritance. Once again, King's satisfying tale stays true to the spirit of Conan Doyle's original stories while extending them into new terrain. --Benjamin Reese

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Apr 17, 2009 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is a sequel to both The Moor (taking place days after they return from that adventure) and O Jerusalem (following the characters from that book into this one). A dramatic late-night arrival by Ali, dressed somewhat differently, pulls Russell and Holmes into deeply upper-class England, where they discover that an old friend has become a Duke, and may be forced to give up the things he loves most to honor this heritage. In the process of trying to extricate him, they become embroiled in...more

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Feb 17, 2009 Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed

This is the sixth book in the series centering around Mary Russell, female sleuth and wife of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The couple has barely returned from their latest escapade when a wounded man arrives on their doorstep, desperately seeking help. The case involves the tragic death of the heir to a dukedom, who was supposedly executed in the heat of WWI for cowardice. The current duke suspects foul play, and so turns to Mary and Holmes to unravel the web of intrigue surrounding th...more

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Mar 29, 2013 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I am of necessity an advocate for total immersion.

In books, that is.

This one was hard to read. I figured out a big surprise a little too early, for one thing-maybe I'd read too much of the description to be in doubt of the happy ending. For another, (view spoiler)...more

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Nov 22, 2011 Ann aka Iftcan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, cozy-mystery, english-setting, historical, mystery, series-book

Book 6 in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. This one has Mary and Holmes discovering that their old friends from Palestine, Ali and Mahmoud Hazr are more than just a couple of English spies in the Holy Land. That they are, in fact members of one of the first families of England. Ali (short for Alistair) comes to them for help with Mahmoud, who has settled down in the family home to "do his duty" even if that same duty is a death sentence for the man inside. This one was a complex interloc...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who like Sherlock Holmes

Recommended to Nancy by: book review, maybe Entertainment Weekly

As an absolute Sherlock Holmes fanatic, I am always sad that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had to end his story for obvious reasons: he died. Laurie R King takes up where Doyle may have ended ultimately - with Holmes finally meeting a woman he could respect intellectually, love demurely, and trust implicitly. The depth of intrigue, saturation of historical fact, and character examination the author creates makes for a suitable fix in the Holmes' crime-solving genre. Particiularly interesting is the fac...more

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May 20, 2013 Colleen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: whodunit, historical-fiction

2.75-ish

A fair to middling entrance in the series - not terrible, and not great, but maybe a little bit better than just ok.

It was interesting to see Mahmoud and Ali again from 'O Jerusalem', and in such a different context.

I think some of the best parts were the historical bits - like learning more about the War and the British governments cases of executing soldiers for desertion or, in the case of the story, for refusing bad orders, without any real trial or defense. It was sad and horrible.

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Dec 30, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries, historical-mystery

I like the premise of this series.. that Sherlock Holmes unofficially took on a young female apprentice and trained her to see as well as he did. And eventually married her. But often as in THE MOOR and THE GAME, I feel the author falls in love with her research and the story takes second place to the setting and the atmosphere. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the research she's done and I'm impressed with it, but as a writer of historical fiction myself, I feel that story should always come first.

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Dec 23, 2009 Alice rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Provided you have read "O, Jerusalem" (an earlier entry in the Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell series), this is one of the best ever!!!

The mysterious duo of Mahmoud and Ali, who were Muslim guides during the adventure in the Holy Land, are now in England. They are revealed to be the alter egos of an English duke and his cousin, now requesting Holmes' help to resolve a matter of a burdensome inheritance that they do not wish to claim. As the story unravels, it appears that much injustice has occurr...more

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Jan 24, 2012 Minh rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this entry in the Mary Russell series. Perhaps it was because I'd just finished O Jerusalem only a week ago and the characters Mahmoud and Ali were still so very strong in my mind, this was easily my favourite since the first book in the series.

Mary and Holmes return home almost immediately after the events The Moor to discover Alister stumbling into their home, an english caricature of the wild Ali they met in Palestine. And so the mystery continues with t...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Charis rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, re-read, read-in-2013

...I should probably start a book shelf labeled 'WWI/WWII feels'.

It would have a lot of books on it, just from the last six months.

I don't think this is the strongest Russell book--it's very slow to get moving, and then comes to an extremely abrupt conclusion, there's a general weakness of plot, and there are a few things that are very convenient in the way of clues dropping into people's laps, but there are certain sections that had me almost in tears (and I was listening to the audiobook at wo...more

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Mar 13, 2010 Stig rated it 5 of 5 stars

While I'm a sucker for Sherlockiana, I was a bit sceptical when I read the first volume in this series. The setting in the 1920s was wrong, Holmes shouldn't be married and yadda yadda yadda!

But it was me who was wrong. Now I've finished the sixth volume, and they have all been great. Focus is more on Mary Russell, Holmes' wife, than on the Great Detective himself although he always plays a considerable role. The style is quite different from Doyle's which is probably also one of the reasons why...more

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May 11, 2011 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: year-of-virtuous-reading

I started out reading these books as part of my Year of Reading Virtuously project, but I don't know if I'm allowed to keep them there since they've become my drug of choice. I'm even doing that thing I do with authors whose books come out infrequently--I'm rationing myself books and chapters to make them last longer. There's nothing virtuous in that, surely. :)

For reasons I can't explain, this one seemed quite long, as had O Jerusalem. But it was thoroughly enjoyable: familiar characters in new...more

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Apr 22, 2010 Fence rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, mystery-detective

I do love these books.

This the sixth in the series returns our heroes to their present after the flashback that was O Jerusalem. That sentence doesn’t really make much sense, but figure it out, think of it as a challenge :) Holmes & Russell have just returned from The Moor and are settling back in at home when their comes a disturbance at their door. Ali Hazr has shown up, with a head wound and wanting their assistance. He needs their help with Mahmoud, his “brother”. Of course Holmes had al...more

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