Castle Shade, Laurie R. King
Castle Shade, Laurie R. King
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Castle Shade
A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/08/2021


Synopsis

A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.

The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter to Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia. A famous beauty who was married at seventeen into Roumania's young dynasty, Marie had beguiled the Paris Peace Conference into returning her adopted country's long-lost provinces, single-handedly transforming Roumania from a backwater into a force.

The castle is Bran: a tall, quirky, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie, a thanks from her people, and she loves it as she loves her own children.

The threat is...now, that is less clear. Shadowy figures, vague whispers, the fears of girls, dangers that may only be accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep.

When Queen Marie calls, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are as dubious as they are reluctant. But a young girl is involved, and a beautiful queen. Surely it won't take long to shine light on this unlikely case of what would seem to be strigoi?

Or, as they are known in the West...vampires.

About Laurie R. King

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darlene

I love this series and this book is no exception. This time, Holmes and Mary are off to Bran Castle in Transylvania at the bequest of the queen. They must solve the mysterious threat to her only daughter before things escalate. The multiple mysteries are a real treat. Is there really a ghost in the c......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

This may be my new favorite book of this wonderful series. The book starts with a humorous exchange between Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock as she initiates a solution for getting off a train they are stuck on and transfer to another that will get them to their destination more efficiently, a......more