Locked Rooms
Author: King, Laurie R.
ISBN: 9780553386387
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 27 Apr 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
B>For the first time in trade paperback and timed to coincide with the eagerly anticipated release of the brand-new Mary Russell mystery,/B>B>I> The God of the Hive/I>/B>B>, comes the classic, /B>B>I>New York Times/I>/B>B> bestselling mystery./B>BR>BR>b>"A truly bravura performance with all the magnetic appeal of the best of the original Conan Doyle novels."-i>The Strand Magazine/i>/b>br>br>En route to San Francisco to settle her family's estate, Mary Russell, in the company of husband Sherlock Holmes, falls prey to troubling dreams-and even more troubling behavior. In 1906, when Mary was six, the city was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake. For years Mary has insisted she lived elsewhere at the time. But Holmes knows better.br>br>Soon it is clear that whatever unpleasantness Mary wanted to forget hasn't forgotten her. A series of mysterious deaths leads Russell and Holmes from the winding streets of Chinatown to the unspoken secrets of a parent's marriage and the tragic "accident" that Mary alone survived. What Russell discovers is that even a forgotten past never dies . . . and it can kill again.
ISBN: 9780553386387
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 27 Apr 2010
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
B>For the first time in trade paperback and timed to coincide with the eagerly anticipated release of the brand-new Mary Russell mystery,/B>B>I> The God of the Hive/I>/B>B>, comes the classic, /B>B>I>New York Times/I>/B>B> bestselling mystery./B>BR>BR>b>"A truly bravura performance with all the magnetic appeal of the best of the original Conan Doyle novels."-i>The Strand Magazine/i>/b>br>br>En route to San Francisco to settle her family's estate, Mary Russell, in the company of husband Sherlock Holmes, falls prey to troubling dreams-and even more troubling behavior. In 1906, when Mary was six, the city was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake. For years Mary has insisted she lived elsewhere at the time. But Holmes knows better.br>br>Soon it is clear that whatever unpleasantness Mary wanted to forget hasn't forgotten her. A series of mysterious deaths leads Russell and Holmes from the winding streets of Chinatown to the unspoken secrets of a parent's marriage and the tragic "accident" that Mary alone survived. What Russell discovers is that even a forgotten past never dies . . . and it can kill again.
