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 The 2014 Nebula Award nominees were announced on Feb 20. (SFWA) You can see the entire list here. Hitler’s Mein Kampf returns to Germany… Read more »
Tag: Sherlock Holmes
Dreaming Spies
Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #13 Published by Bantam on February 17th 2015 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 352 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked Rooms, The Murder of Mary Russell, Locked Rooms, Riviera Gold,… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/24/15
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 2015 Edgar Awards finalists announced (Los Angeles Times) National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists announced (National Book Critics Circle blog) Many authors earn less… Read more »
News & Notes – 10/04/14
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 Author’s Guild Met with DoJ About Amazon. The Guild hopes to get DoJ to examine alleged anticompetitive practices by the e-tailing giant. (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
Treasures from the Hoard: Locked Rooms (Mary Russell #8), by Laurie R. King
Locked Rooms Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #8 on June 21, 2005 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Dreaming Spies, The Murder of Mary Russell, Locked Rooms, Riviera Gold, Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense, The Lantern’s Dance En route to San Francisco to settle her… Read more »
Halloween Reading for All Ages
This is a revision of a post from several years ago, with one new addition. It’s Halloween, so it’s time for a Halloween reading list. The problem is, I don’t like scary books, I don’t do horror, and I don’t really care for gore. But there are still some wonderful… Read more »
Holmes as cross-dresser?
Ms. Holmes of Baker Street by Alan C. Bradley, William A. S. Sarjeant Published by Wessex Press on December 31, 1989 Genres: Nonfiction Pages: 260 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads You’ve seen me as an old lady, Watson. I was never more convincing… —Sherlock Holmes, The Mazarin… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: The God of the Hive (a Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes book)
The God of the Hive It began as a problem in one of Holmes’ beloved beehives, led to a murderous cult, and ended–or so they’d hoped–with a daring escape from a sacrificial altar. Instead, Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath and the limitless resources of… March 26, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm In the Dragon's Eye 3