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O Jerusalem (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #5)

by Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author)

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With her bestselling mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created "lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company," according to The New York Times Book Review. Now the author of The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Moor--the first writer since Patricia Cornwell to win both the American Edgar and British Creasey Awards for...more With her bestselling mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created "lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company," according to The New York Times Book Review. Now the author of The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Moor--the first writer since Patricia Cornwell to win both the American Edgar and British Creasey Awards for a debut novel (A Grave Talent)--unfolds a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of Russell's apprenticeship to the great detective.

At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England's green and pleasant land, Russell and Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under the auspices of Holmes' enigmatic brother, Mycroft.

"Gentlemen, we are at your service." Thus Holmes greets the two travel-grimed Arab figures who receive them in the orange groves fringing the Holy Land. Whatever role could the volatile Ali and the taciturn Mahmoud play in Mycroft's design for this land the British so recently wrested from the Turks? After passing a series of tests, Holmes and Russell learn their guides are engaged in a mission for His Majesty's Government, and disguise themselves as Bedouins--Russell as the beardless youth "Amir"--to join them in a stealthy reconnaissance through the dusty countryside.

A recent rash of murders seems unrelated to the growing tensions between Jew, Moslem, and Christian, yet Holmes is adamant that he must reconstruct the most recent one in the desert gully where it occurred. His singular findings will lead him and Russell through labyrinthine bazaars, verminous inns, cliff-hung monasteries--and into mortal danger. When her mentor's inquiries jeopardize his life, Russell fearlessly wields a pistol and even assays the arts of seduction to save him. Bruised and bloodied, the pair ascend to the jewellike city of Jerusalem, where they will at last meet their adversary, whose lust for savagery and power could reduce the city's most ancient and sacred place to rubble and ignite this tinderbox of a land....

Classically Holmesian yet enchantingly fresh, sinuously plotted, with colorful characters and a dazzling historic ambience, O Jerusalem sweeps readers ever onward in the thrill of the chase.

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Published June 28th 2000 by Bantam (first published 1999)

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Oct 18, 2008 WK rated it 5 of 5 stars

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In the middle of "The Beekeeper’s Apprentice" Russell and Holmes leave England for a bit to get a breather from the relentless pursuit of there cunning opponent and agree to do a favor for Mycroft during their travels. This launches them into the world of international intrigue and the hands of the Hazr ‘brothers’. Two hard edged, unaccommodating ‘allies’?
Then there’s the walk with Russell and Holms on the path of the Good Samaritan, amazing!

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Apr 20, 2010 Joyce Lagow rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Fifth in order of publication in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, the story line actually fits into the latter part of the debut novel in the series, The Beekeeper� s Apprentice.[return][return]Holmes and the 19 year old Russell have fled for their lives from England to British-occupied Palestine, where in addition to buying time in order to deal with a lethal criminal genius, Holmes and Russell will also look into a little matter for Sherlock� s brother, Mycroft, who holds a powerful bu...more Fifth in order of publication in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, the story line actually fits into the latter part of the debut novel in the series, The Beekeeper� s Apprentice.[return][return]Holmes and the 19 year old Russell have fled for their lives from England to British-occupied Palestine, where in addition to buying time in order to deal with a lethal criminal genius, Holmes and Russell will also look into a little matter for Sherlock� s brother, Mycroft, who holds a powerful but shadowy post for the British Empire in what would later be called Intelligence. The two land clandestinely on the shores of Palestine to be met by two Arabs, Bedu, who are in Mycroft� s organization--basically, spies for the British. At first barely accepted by the Arabs--Mahmoud and his brother Ali--the two gain grudging acceptance, Russell disguising herself as an Arab youth, Holmes, in disguise, easily passing for an Arab since he is fluent (naturally) in Arabic. Following faint clues that only Holmes with his near-omniscience on every topic conceivable can unravel, they wind up in Jerusalem, where there are not one but two thrilling, page-turning climaxes, superbly written by King in her hallmark spare but evocative style.[return][return]King does an absolutely superb job of depicting post World War I Palestine--the aftermath of the brilliant military campaign led by Sir Edmund Allenby that drove the Turks from their 400 year occupation of Palestine and Syria. Holmes, Russell, Ali, and Mahmoud travel nearly the entire length and breadth of Palestine in search of a mysterious killer. As they do so, they visit early Jewish settlements, Arab villages, Christian monasteries, and the Dead Sea, among other places. King is superb in painting the local color of each, especially Jerusalem, where she is so evocative that you feel as if you are right there, amid the dust, the smells, the Arabs, Jews, Christians, British, the holiest places of three religions. [return][return]This is my favorite book in what I consider one of the best police procedural/mystery series still going. King continues to provide Holmes and Russell with distinct, thoroughly believable and engaging personalities, and does not limit her excellent characterizations to just those two; Mahmoud and Ali are perfect and Allenby, whom they meet, comes across as real and vivid. Places, people events--all are imbued with an authenticity that is rarely seen in a series that is as wide-ranging in locale as this one is.[return][return]And the last sentence in the book deserves a place of its own as one of the best I have ever read in any novel no matter what its genre. It is perfect for that story.[return][return]I can not recommend this book highly enough, although I would urge that it be read at the appropriate place in The Beekeeper� s Apprentice for maximum enjoyment.[return][return]If I forget you, O Jerusalem,[return]may my right hand forget its skill.[return]May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth[return]if I do not remember you,[return]if I do not consider Jerusalem[return]my highest joy.[return][return][return]Psalm 137, Hebrew Testament(less)

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Feb 11, 2009 Anika rated it 2 of 5 stars

I started reading this series loving them, but I have to say they are getting more and more disappointing. The characters are still the highlight, but King is having a worse and worse time with plots - this one felt so unresolved that I literally checked to see if there had been pages ripped out to explain what had just happened. I did like the descriptions of Palestine and the nomadic life of Holmes and Russell, but King's attention seemed to be so focused on that that the mystery element total...more

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Feb 03, 2009 Allan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Just scrumptuous. I read this as the last of the (so far) 8 Mary Russell novels and believe it to be the best...right ahead of "Justice Hall." That both books feature the same two subsidiary characters may be to blame.

I really enjoyed the interplay between Russell, Holmes, Ali and Mahmoud as they slip around post-WWI Palestine. The latter two remind me of John Buchan's Sandy Arbuthnot in many ways and all feature similarities to the very real T. E. Lawrence.

The book actually has a snap of an e...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sleuthing

Before I get into plot, I have to really say that I loved, LOVED the care and research taken with respect to the setting, detail, and atmosphere of World War I-era Palestine. I appreciated it very much and loved every word. Interesting plot, too, since it basically underlines issues still present nearly a century later.

That said, I had a great deal of trouble jumping back from the Mary and Holmes of A Letter of Mary and The Moor , where they are married and that part of their partnership is add...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Steven rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-read, thriller

The writing was adequate but the story was fair at best. One of the main characters is supposed to be Sherlock Holmes. In the first of this series, there is an explanation why the Sherlock Holmes in this series differs from Conan Doyle's Holmes. This is unacceptable. If you change the character of Sherlock Holmes as written by the original author, then you are using the name of a character for commercial purposes only since this is not the character the original author intended or the audience e...more The writing was adequate but the story was fair at best. One of the main characters is supposed to be Sherlock Holmes. In the first of this series, there is an explanation why the Sherlock Holmes in this series differs from Conan Doyle's Holmes. This is unacceptable. If you change the character of Sherlock Holmes as written by the original author, then you are using the name of a character for commercial purposes only since this is not the character the original author intended or the audience expects. In this particular book, the character named Sherlock Holmes bears no resemblance to Doyle's character, and displays very little of the skills of Doyle's charcter, Sherlock Holmes. The first two hundred pages of this book are tedious, meandering, and should have been condensed into forty pages or so. The next hundred pages are a little better and get back to the novel's story but are again overly drawn out. The Holmes character contributes almost nothing up to this point and Russel, the young woman, barely contributes more. The final 100 pages are a bit more interesting and rescue the book from one star, but are still not very good. The best part of the book are the last two pages--it ends adequately. I am curious about the first book in this series, the Beekeeper's Apprentice. Perhaps the series started out better, explaining how at least five novels were written and read ( a few critiques allude to this ).

One other thing. At one point, early in the novel, Holmes and Russell are on a stake out. Holmes wishes Russel a happy birthday. Why would the great detective pick that time to say happy birthday? It makes no sense. The author likely intends to show us Holmes all encompassing intellect, recollecting Russell's birthday and perhaps wishes to show how he thinks well of her. Yet to distract either of them from the task at hand with such a statement, or to make unnecessary noise while in the night waiting, makes no sense. The only thing this shows about the Holmes character is that he is really Dr. Watson, or perhaps Mrs. Hudson in disguise as Holmes.

Addendum: I have begun reading the Beekeeper's Apprentice. So far, this is a much better novel, and the Sherlock Holmes character retains some vestige of the persona Doyle created. The Mary Russell character is also far more interesting and well done. If the novel continues in this way, it will rate as an excellent story. Apparently, Laurie King is a very good writer who went astray with O Jerusalem.(less)

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Nov 10, 2011 Ann aka Iftcan rated it 5 of 5 stars

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

In this, the fifth book of the Holmes/Russell series, we go back in time to fill in a gap in the first book (The Beekeeper's Apprentice) with the adventures of Holmes and Russell in the Holy Land. Lots of derring do, disguises and wandering around, keeping in character. A fairly good yarn, even if the bad guy isn't discovered until late in the book. I certainly didn't figure out who he was until the denoument, at any rate, and normally I know "whodunit" by the middle of a book at the latest.

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Nov 04, 2011 Helen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, historical-mystery

We're at #5 of King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series but the time is earlier because this and the next book have the same characters and they fit better this way. You'd think these were factual stories of a person's career. Mary is only 18 and they have to get out of an England that has become a little too hot for comfort. Mycroft Holmes tells them that if they're planning to leave for a while he has a few foreign situations that Holmes could help with. Mary is given the choice among the su...more

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Sep 26, 2011 Kam rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, mystery

Getting through a series of novels with more than three or four books can be, in many ways, rather tedious. It is entirely easy to simply lose interest in the whole thing if the individual novels are unable to sustain interest, or the reader simply lacks the stamina to see the whole thing through from beginning to end.

Although I do have a personal reading policy about finishing any series I start if I like the first book, I will admit that there are difficulties in seeing this through, especial...more

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Jun 13, 2011 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2007, bookcrossed-or-otherwise-set-free

At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England's green and pleasant land, [Mary] Russell and [Sherlock] Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under the auspices of Holmes' enigmatic brother, Mycroft. "Gentlemen, we are at your service." Thus Holmes greets the two travel-grimed Arab figures who receive them in the orange groves fringing the Holy Land. Whatever role could the volatile Ali and the taciturn Mahmoud play in Mycroft's design for this land the British so recently wrested from...more

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Sep 14, 2010 Louise Chambers rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, mystery, politics, religious-studies

What I'm beginning to learn about this series is that, while King has based these books on Sherlock Holmes, the series itself is in Mary Russell's voice and is about her.
This may be why, in reading some reviews of this book, and some others in the series, that some readers may be disappointed, or even perhaps peeved, that these books do not echo Conan Doyle's writing and plotting style, and indeed, do not use Holmes' voice to drive the story along.
Why is this a good thing? Because we can see, t...more

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Oct 21, 2009 Lori rated it 3 of 5 stars

O Jerusalem is the first Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes novel I have read. I think that it was a good choice considering that although it is the fifth in the series, chronologically it follows the Bee Keepers Apprentice which is the first in the series. I had no other books in the series to compare it too so from that point of view I have to remark that I really enjoyed this story. Mary Russell is a wonderful character, full of life, intelligence and courage. I love how King envisions her relation...more

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Apr 16, 2009 Rachel Garber rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who likes Sherlock Holmes and isn't afraid to stetch beyond the canon

Recommended to Rachel by: No one

This was a pain in the neck, this book is listed as five in the series, and King wants the reader to follow that order, however, it really belongs after book one sequentially. Holmes and Russell are forced to leave the UK because they are being stalked by someone related to an old adversary from Holmes past. Near the end of the book Mycroft, Holmes older brother, who works in some (never disclosed) capacity for The Crown, offers five destinations one of which was British occupied Palestine. Holm...more

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May 24, 2012 Natalie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

When I started, I was exceedingly disappointed to find that this book was going BACK in time. I didn't want to go BACK. I wanted to move FORWARD, but as I kept reading, I found myself falling more into the story and enjoying it.

While reading, I realized what my problem is with these books. I love the mysteries, and I absolutley ADORE Sherlock and Mary, but I don't like the way King works history into her novels. Some authors can seemlessly weave history into fictional accounts, but King struggl...more

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Jul 21, 2011 Miss Walker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summer Book #13 I have this fabulous friend/enabler who handed me the first book in this series years ago. Sadly it sat on my shelf for too long, and when I finally read it I couldn't get enough. The whole series focuses on the life of Mary Russell, who just happens to be friend/apprentice of Sherlock Holmes. That right there is why I wasn't sure I would like these books, but Jenny has never led me astray with a book recommendation, good friend and librarian that she is. The characters are smart...more

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Jun 19, 2009 Kayeb rated it 5 of 5 stars

Much as I love them all, this is one of my favorites. Mary takes on a male role and there is a bit of subtle comedy that allows for, in the midst of danger from many fronts. Having recently read Justice Hall, I noticed the foreshadowing of our seeing Mahmoud and Ali again, and it was a toss up which book I would suggest reading first. OT studies come to life again, a plodding, slow paced life style sounds at times absolutely in synch with faith development...whether that was intended or not, I h...more
Much as I love them all, this is one of my favorites. Mary takes on a male role and there is a bit of subtle comedy that allows for, in the midst of danger from many fronts. Having recently read Justice Hall, I noticed the foreshadowing of our seeing Mahmoud and Ali again, and it was a toss up which book I would suggest reading first. OT studies come to life again, a plodding, slow paced life style sounds at times absolutely in synch with faith development...whether that was intended or not, I have no idea. I have to wonder if Ms King knew as she wrote this that there would be a time to meet Ali and Mahmoud again! Loved the description of the time Mary finally registers that she understands more of the language than not...the sudden burst of comprehension. While not doing that myself iwth languages, I know the feeling when somehting that I have been unable to grasp suddenly springs into life and how joyous that can be.

[close:] Although O Jerusalem is Laurie King's fifth book in her Holmes-Russell series, it actually takes us back to the era of her first book, The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Perhaps King was afraid that her characters, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, were becoming too cozy as an old married couple, and she wanted to recreate the edgy sexual tension of their first encounter.
It's 1918. Nineteen-year-old Mary and her fiftysomething mentor are forced to flee England to escape a deadly adversary. Sherlock's well-connected brother Mycroft sends them to Palestine to do some international sleuthing. Here, a series of murders threatens the fragile peace.

Laurie King connects us, through details of language, custom, history, and sensual impressions, to this very alien environment. Russell, Holmes, and two marvelously imagined Arab guides named Mahmoud and Ali trek through the desert and visit ancient monasteries clinging like anthills to cliffs. They also find time to take tea with the British military legend Allenby in Haifa and skulk through or under the streets of Jerusalem. King puts us into each scene so quickly and completely that her narrative flow never falters.

Stepping back in time also gives King a chance to show us Holmes through the eyes of a Russell not yet as full of love as a honeymooner, nor as complacent as a comfortable wife. "There it was--sardonic, superior, infuriating," Mary says about Holmes's voice at one point.

Wisdom is knowing when, and how much, to shake things up--even in a successful series. Laurie King is a wise woman indeed.
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Jul 29, 2011 Nancy added it

An excellent narrator made this book well worth the time. Laurie Kings work is rich with detail. Mary Russell & Holmes are in the Middle East after having been bombed in London by someone trying to kill them. They have been sent there by Mycroft to investigate a plot in the works. The story is placed in a time after World War II. Mary and Holmes must deal with suspicion and mistrust of the arab people. They spend much of be beginning of the story trying to prove themselves. Their travels tak...more

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May 11, 2013 Bronwyn Hegarty rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mary russell tells the story of her and Sherlock Holmes' adventure in Palestine and Jerusalem. They spend most of their time traveling on foot with donkeys. They are disguised as arabs, Mary as a youth, and are accompanying two secret service agents, who are arabs and travel the countryside undercover, offering their services as scribes. Things get pretty challenging soon into the book with people being killed in some of the villages they travel through. Then Russell and Holmes come under attack...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Avel rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is my first Laurie R. King novel. I have fell in love with her books so much so that I plan to read them all. "O Jerusalem" is a story rich with history, imagery and wonderful characters you really care about. Set in the Holy Land, the historical references meld neatly with Holmes' and Russell's present. Ancient history and post-WWI history is anything but dull as King paints a picture both realistic and captivating. I would classify this book as a mixture of adventure and mystery. Extremel...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Anne Toronto1 rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense

"O Jerusalem" (MR 5) by Laurie King was written fifth, takes place during the first in the series. Until the last 30 pages, we meander through the author's Old Testament theology learning to Jerusalem. Well-disguised as Bedouins, Ali and Mahmoud guide Sherlock Holmes and student Mary Russell, as boy Amir, to a bee-keeping monastery, tracking a scrap of candle from a murdered colleague's belongings. (The narrator's excessive pride in her Jewish (mother's side defines) heritage conflicts with the...more

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Mar 28, 2010 Libby rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Chronologically, this book falls in the middle of The Beekeeper's Apprentice. It accounts for the unexplained time Holmes and Russell spend in Jerusalem. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it immediately after The Beekeeper's Apprentice. It is hard to jump back in time with the Russell/Holmes relationship. Also, as Russell gains more experience, it feels strange and inconsistent for her to be inexperienced again.

As usual, I enjoy the Holmes and Russell characters. However, (and...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Minh rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I wondered for a long time if I would ever come back to the Mary Russell series, they're a visual pleasure to read and the prose (if somewhat of a 1920's kickback with the ridiculousness of the run-on sentences) makes me want to roll around with contemplation and maybe go back for a second read.

The series placing of this novel is a strange one, despite being labeled the 5th in the series, chronologically it actually occurs just after the first book returning us to the relationship of the buddin...more

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Apr 17, 2009 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

This is a really fun book. It's nice to see Russell as her younger self again, and the tension back between her and Holmes. This book begins the traveling Russell series, where each book takes place in a different (and interesting) location, with a vivid experience of the place in the 1920's. As you might guess from the title, this one takes place in Palestine (it was not yet Israel). The book covers the time elided from the first novel, when Russell and Holmes join two Arab cutthroats (Mahmoud...more

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Dec 31, 2010 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-mystery

I just love this series. King is brilliant with detail - not overwheming, not tedious, but somehow enriching and embracing. You feel as if you are in these novels, with Mary and Holmes, in whatever location or time period they happen to be in. Here, we follow Mary and Holmes as they flee London and take on a mission for Mycroft in the Holy Land. Together with Mahmoud and Ali, two -apparently- natives, they travel the desert and sort out a plot that could destroy a fragile peace. Marvellous. Exci...more

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Dec 25, 2011 Debbie rated it 2 of 5 stars

This was a bit difficult to get into initially, because the setting - both time and place - are pretty foreign to me. I'm very ill-educated on the struggles that have been going on in the Middle East in general and Jerusalem specifically for thousands of years, and I'm aware of it.

However, King did her best to help me out with information about the language and a map of Jerusalem at the front. Russell helped me out in her narrative, being specific about the rules she was and was not following an...more

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May 07, 2009 Lynne-marie rated it 3 of 5 stars

O Jerusalem is another in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series of mysteries. That being said, it is also a disquisition about the Middle East around the time of WW I and Victorian attitudes towards Arabs and Bedu. It goes without saying that an author chooses to embed what she is selling in a background that interests her, and that, obviously, is what King has done here. Having the comperable time & place of Elizabeth Peters books in the Amelia Peabody series, one has ground for compa...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have loved the Mary Russell books since first reading the Bee Keeper's Apprentice. My problems with this book may be purely personal/academic, so please take them with a grain of salt.

The book is set in post-WWI Israel where Holmes and Russell have take refuge from the criminal mastermind trying to kill them in the first book. They end up entangled in another criminal plot while making their way around the holy land. The plot was a little hard to follow as there is not a distinct assignment...more

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Sep 14, 2010 sage rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Jul 26, 2011 Ron Arden added it

Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell are in Palestine just after WWI on a secret mission (even they aren't sure what it is) set up by Holmes' brother Mycroft. They meet up with Ali and Mahmoud, 2 Arabs that take them on what appears to be an elaborate wild goose chase. We find out that they work for the mysterious Joshua, who speaks English. There is a good bit of intrigue as to who is who and what is what that eventually leads to General Allenby, who liberated Palestine from the Turks. The General...more

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Dec 07, 2010 Kirsty Darbyshire added it

I think I enjoyed this a little more than The Moor but on the whole it wasn't especially engaging. The action here takes place in Palestine over Christmas 1918/1919. This takes us back in time to the middle of the period covered by The Beekeeper's Apprentice and to an unmarried Russell and Holmes. For me the book just took too long to get going and I found Mary's narration pretty boring for a long while. I did get caught up in the action towards the end and I expect I'll pick up the next in this

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