Garment of Shadows: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Laurie R., PUBLISHER: Bantam, Laurie R. King's "New York Times" bestselling novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, comprise one of today's most acclaimed mystery series. Now, in ong>theong>ir newest and most thrilling adventure, ong>theong> couple is separated by a shocking circumstance in a perilous part of ong>theong> world, each racing against time to prevent an explosive catastrophe that could cloong>theong> ong>theong>m both in shrouds. In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: "Who am I?" She has awakened with ong>shadowsong> in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on ong>theong> door. Out in ong>theong> hivelike streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in ong>theong> skills of ong>theong> underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locks. She is cloong>theong>d like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. Overhead, warplanes pass ominously north. Meanwhile, Holmes is pulled by two old friends and a distant relation into ong>theong> growing war between France, Spain, and ong>theong> Rif Revolt led by Emir Abd el-Krim--who may be a Robin Hood or a power mad tribesman. ong>Theong> ong>shadowsong> of war are drawing over ong>theong> ancient city of Fez, and Holmes badly wants ong>theong> wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he's learned, to his horror, has gone missing. As Holmes searches for her, and Russell searches for her"self, " each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late for ong>theong>m, for Africa, and for ong>theong> peace of Europe. With ong>theong> dazzling mix of period detail and contemporary pace that is her hallmark, Laurie R. King continues ong>theong> stunningly suspenseful series that Lee Child called "ong>theong> most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today."