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Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King’s highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling mystery series. And this time the first couple of detection pair up to unlock the buried memory of a shocking crime with the power to kill again–lost somewhere in Russell’s own past. After departing Bombay by ship, Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are en route to the bustling modern city of San Francisco. There, Mary will settle some legal affairs surrounding the inheritance of her family’s old estate. But the closer they get to port, the more Mary finds herself prey to troubling dreams and irrational behavior–a point not lost on Holmes, much to Russell’s annoyance. In 1906, when Mary was six, San Francisco was devastated by an earthquake and a raging fire that reduced the city to rubble. For years, Mary has denied any memory of the catastrophe that for days turned the fabled streets into hell on earth. But Holmes suspects that some hidden trauma connected with the “unforgettable” catastrophe may be the real culprit responsible for Mary’s memory lapse. And no sooner do they begin to familiarize themselves with the particulars of the Russell estate than it becomes apparent that whatever unpleasantness Mary has forgotten, it hasn’t forgotten her. Why does her father’s will forbid access to the house except in the presence of immediate family? Why did someone break in, then take nothing of any value? And why is Russell herself targeted for assassination? The more questions they ask of Mary’s past, the more people from that past turn out to have died violent, unexplained deaths. Now, with the aid of a hard-boiled young detective and crime writer named Hammett, Russell and Holmes find themselves embroiled in a mystery that leads them through the winding streets of Chinatown to the unspoken secrets of a parent’s marriage and the tragic car “accident” that a fourteen-year-old Mary alone survived–an accident that may not have been an accident at all. What Russell is about to discover is that even a forgotten past never dies…and it can kill again. From the Hardcover edition.

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In this book, King changes things up again and writes in third person for the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 17:23:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:56:28 -0700 2009 Locked Rooms focuses on the fascinating Mary Russell, young bride of an aging and mellowed but still sharp Sherlock Hol...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:02:17 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:22:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 23:33:50 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 02:47:53 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 10:47:49 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 10:56:09 -0700 2008 I learned that before the Chinese emperor was overthrown in 1911, Chinese immigrants living in the US were apparently required to dress in a "culturally appropriate" way, and to wear their hair in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 08 07:33:14 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 21:13:40 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 07:33:14 -0700 2008 love them, though. This may be because I've never been a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes stories (I always think I'...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 09 20:29:29 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 14:55:24 -0800 2008
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