I was very excited to read The Lantern’s Dance, the first new Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes mystery since 2021’s Castle Shade. Once started, I could hardly put it down, staying up until 2:30 in the morning to reach the denouement. Like The Murder of Mary Russell, the novel alternates between past and present narratives, slowly revealing hidden connections that surprised and enchanted me.
Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense by Laurie R. King Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #14.5 Published by Alibi on September 13, 2016 Genres: Historical Mystery Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in… August 5, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★
Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #16 Published by Bantam on June 9, 2020 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 320 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked… July 10, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★½
Watson on the Orient Express by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley Published by Wilton Press on April 6, 2020 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 203 Format: eARC, Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Last Moriarty A… April 23, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★½
The Last Moriarty by Charles Veley Narrator: Edward Petherbridge Series: Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James #1 Published by self-published on April 1, 2016 Genres: Historical Mystery Format: Audiobook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Watson… November 21, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Halloween freebie topic. Halloween Reading That Won’t Give You Nightmares I don’t like horror, and I don’t like being frightened, but I do enjoy a nice atmospheric book now and then. Here… October 29, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Top Ten Tuesday 4
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Unknown John Donne manuscript discovered in Suffolk (The Guardian) Linda Fairstein: literary group rescinds honor over role in Central Park Five case (The… Read more »
Locked Rooms Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #8 on June 21, 2005 Pages: 528 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked Rooms, Dreaming Spies, The Murder of Mary Russell, Riviera Gold, Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense, The Lantern’s Dance En route to San… August 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 2 ★★★★★
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Outrage as Belarus arrests authors, publishers in crackdown. (The Guardian) New bill would let presidents appoint the Register of Copyrights. Currently, that authority rests in the Librarian… Read more »
Elementary, She Read Series: Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #1 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Body on Baker Street, The Cat of the Baskervilles Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur’s… Read more »
