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The Moor

Laurie R. King

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In re-creating Sherlock Holmes in previous books as an adjunct to her chief protagonist, Mary Russell, King has set the couple's adventures in a milieu consistent with her own creation and, although true to the place and period, independent of Conan Doyle's work. Holmes has been invited by his old friend the Rev. Baring-Gould to look into not only an unexplained death on the moor but, more important in the ancient cleric's mind, sightings of a phantom coach on the moor - possibly inhabited by a phantom noblewoman and accompanied by some phantom dogs. Holmes, in turn, pulls Mary from her studies at Oxford, enlists her in the quest, and finds himself taking a second seat to her endeavors. True to their expectations on the forbidding and difficult moor, the rumors have a real-world explanation, but it is one that combines more wild emotion, surprise, and frightening suspense than any ghost story could.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • Publish Date: Oct 30th, 2007
  • Pages: 320
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.40in - 1.10in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9780312427399
  • Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths• Mystery & Detective - Traditional• Adaptations & Pastiche

About the Author

King, Laurie R.: - Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. The Beekeeper's Apprentice, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A Monstrous Regiment of Women won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables, and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.

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Theologian, detective. My 17th memoir, Castle Shade, is available now. Sample the first memoir, THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE, https://t.co/jU8AMBVj4I

I was unaware of the method of determining the age of a hedgehog. A wee tiggy was a clue to a case in my memoir The Moor. https://t.co/L0U32ULbto

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Hybrid writer, lazy artist, permanent tourist, cancer survivor, novice drummer, snooker fan, and future* Amazon warrior. #writingcommunity #writersoftwitter

@CDFoxAuthor The Moor by Laurie R. King. I’ve read it 5 times so far.

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Author of slasher horror SUMMERSIDE LAKE MASSACRE as well as short horror story comp Among Other Things and suspense novella Office Politics. He/Him.

It’s a ways away yet, but who would like to beta read my next book, On The Moor, when it’s ready? Here’s the cover and synopsis if it tickles your fancy? https://t.co/SEQgxnnEXb

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Praise for this book

"Erudite, fascinating . . . the most successful re-creation of the famous inhabitant of 221B Baker Street ever attempted." --The Houston Chronicle

"There's no resisting the appeal of Laurie R. King's thrillingly moody scenes of Dartmoor and her lovely evocations of its legends." --The New York Times Book Review

"Dazzling may be the word to describe King's latest Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes adventure. . . . Add King's devilishly clever plot and eccentric characters, her ability to achieve a perfect balance between serious mystery and lighthearted humor, and the charm with which she develops the captivating relationship between Holmes and Russell, and the result is a superbly rich read that would please Doyle himself." --Booklist

"King has the tone, mood, and voice precisely right. . . . Very good." --The Boston Globe

"Mary's description of how she thinks through all the elements of a mystery--so deep in thought as if she were in a trance---is excellent." --Salon.com

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