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Locked Rooms (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Bk 8)
Locked Rooms - Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Bk 8
Author: Laurie R. King
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 behavio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553801972
ISBN-10: 055380197X
Publication Date: 6/21/2005
Pages: 402
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  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 67 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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 reviewed Locked Rooms (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Bk 8) on + 407 more book reviews
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This was a good mystery set in post-earthquake San Francisco in the 1920s. I liked the alternating viewpoints between Holmes and Russell as well as the interactions between Holmes and Dashiell Hammett.
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Another excellent book by Laurie King! It explains quite a lot about the person that is Mary Russell and shows more depth of her husband, Sherlock Holmes. These books just keep getting better with each one. This is a definate must read series for anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
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5 stars.Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes - Author Laurie R.King is one of my favorites!!
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 reviewed Locked Rooms (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Bk 8) on + 18 more book reviews
This is a great book for readers interested in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. The author obviously drew on her grandparents' experiences, and has captured the PTSD that many survivors suffered from. In addition, the book deals with how greed can destroy people, and how sociopathic killers target victims. Sherlock Holmes is in the story, but he and wife Mary are merely tools in the hands of the writer.
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This book is part of THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE series. Fantastic for Sherlock Holmes fans. Holmes is now married to Mary Russell, who either did or did not endure the horrors of the great San Francisco fire which destroyed the city---Russell has some memory problems and can't quite remember, but SOMEONE does remember what happened, and that someone wants her most thoroughly dead!
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Another great mystery for Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell. This time in San Francisco.
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In the eighth novel, set in San Francisco in 1924, Russell undertakes a far more personal investigation. Since she began her journey back to her hometownostensibly to deal with her father's estateRussell has been tormented by strange dreams, one of which involves the "locked rooms" of the title, and the sight of her San Francisco childhood home opens a flood of memories and emotions, most of which she's loathe to allow into her mind. When someone takes a shot at her, Holmes enlists the help of Pinkerton agent Dashiell Hammett and Russell tries to unlock her past, in particular the "accident" that killed her family and left her an orphan in 1914. King's re-creation of San Francisco, especially the backstory during the devastating 1906 earthquake, is superb, and it's a pleasure to see the unusually competent Russell struggling with her own psyche.
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On the way back from India (The Game), Russell and Holmes stop in San Francisco so that Russell can do some work on settling her parent's estate. While they are there, not only does the business become concluded, but some other issues are too. It is a good book, but I would say it is not my favorite of the series.

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