Review: The Game, by Laurie R. King


The Game
Laurie R. King
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When I first realized that The Game was the name of the seventh Holmes and Russell mystery, I thought it referred to a literal game. I knew it didn’t mean XBox, of course, since these novels take place in the twenties. Chess, I thought, might be the game that was…afoot.

I was wrong, and pleasantly so. The game in the title is a double entendre, referring both to the game of observation and spying, and on literal game (wild boar), or, make that a triple entendre, because it also refers to the roles people play when shifting among different social circles.

This novel sees Sherlock Holmes and wife/partner Mary Russell heading to India, where they are to locate one Kimball O’Hara, aka Rudyard Kipling’s Kim. I confess, I never read that Kipling story – though I’ve read others – and I wonder if I’d have appreciated this novel more if I had, but even without that background information, I quite enjoyed this adventure which had Holmes and Russell on a ship, a donkey cart and even, at the end an aeroplane.

As always, King has given us a rollicking good time, and Holmes’ voice rings true.

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This entry was posted by MissMeliss on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 19:02 and is filed under Holmes and Russell, King, Laurie R., Mystery . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    2 Comments

    1. Wow, This is one of the new published novel of Laurie R. King and look really good story lines here. Based on how you give your introduction about this book, I will definitely order now at Amazon.

    2. Diane says:

      I’ve been wanting to try this author. Sounds good.

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