Review: The God of the Hive

The God of the Hive Laurie R. King Bantam, 368 pages Get it from Amazon >> I’ve been a fan of Laurie R. King’s series about Mary Russell and her older husband, the legendary Sherlock Holmes, since the first book hit the stores, so of course, I had to have the latest adventure the very [...]

Review: The Language of Bees, by Laurie R. King

The Language of Bees Laurie R. King Get it at Amazon.com >> In the latest installment of the Holmes and Russell series, The Language of Bees the bees Holmes is raising in Sussex serve as both metaphor and counterpoint to the action-packed mystery. One of his hives is swarming, something bees apparently do when they [...]

Review: The Game, by Laurie R. King

The Game Laurie R. King Get it at Amazon >> 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 [...]

Retro-reading: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Laurie R. King Get it at Amazon >> I’ve reviewed work by Laurie R. King in this blog before, but finding a couple of her Holmes & Russell novels at Half-Price Books last weekend, and then finding out that she had a new book in the series out this year has spurred [...]

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