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The Gameby King, Laurie R
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Book DescriptionNew York: Bantam, 2004 Book and jacket are in very good condition, binding is tight and square, no markings. little shelf wear.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Book summaryThis seventh novel in a series featuring the author's original character, Mary Russell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective, Sherlock Holmes, borrows another character from the Victorian age: Rudyard Kipling's Kim (from the novel of the same title). When Kimball O'Hara, an English spy based in India, goes missing, the politically connected invalid Mycroft Holmes asks his more active brother Sherlock and Sherlock's wife Mary to investigate.Media Reviews"The seventh Mary Russell adventure...may well be the best King has yet devised for her strong-willed heroine....[A]ll readers will appreciate the grace and intelligence of King's writing in this exotic masala of a book." -- Publishers Weekly Publisher NotesIt's the second day of the new year, 1924, and Mary Russell is settling in for a much-needed rest with her husband, Sherlock Holmes. But the fragile peace will be fleeting--for a visit with Holmes's gravely ill brother, Mycroft, brings news of an intrigue that is sure to halt their respite. Mycroft, who has ties to the highest levels of the government, has just received a strange package. The oilskin-wrapped packet contains the papers of a missing English spy named Kimball O'Hara--indeed, the same Kimball who served as the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling's famed Kim. An orphaned English boy turned loose in India, Kim long used his cunning to spy for the Crown. But after inexplicably withdrawing from the "Great Game" of border espionage, he's gone missing and is feared taken hostage--or even killed. When Russell learns of Holmes's own secret friendship with Kim some thirty years before, she knows the die is cast: she will accompany her husband to India to search for the missing operative. But even before they arrive, danger will show its face in everything from a suspicious passenger on board their steamer to an "accident" that very nearly claims their lives. Once in India, Russell and Holmes must travel incognito--no small task for the English lady and her lanky companion. But after a twist of fate forces the couple to part ways, Russell learns that in this faraway place it's often impossible to tell friend from foe--and that some games must be played out until their deadly end. Other Recommended Books
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