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Title	:	Garment of Shadows (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #12)
Author	:	Laurie R. King
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 266 pages
Published	:	September 4th 2012 by Bantam
Categories	:	Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Mystery. Adventure. Audiobook

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"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
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 their newest and most thrilling adventure, the couple is separated by a shocking circumstance in a perilous part of the world, each racing against time to prevent an explosive catastrophe that could clothe them 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 shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the door. Out in the hivelike streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locks. She is clothed 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 the growing war between France, Spain, and the Rif Revolt led by Emir Abd el-Krim--who may be a Robin Hood or a power mad tribesman. The shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of Fez, and Holmes badly wants the 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 them, for Africa, and for the peace of Europe.
With the dazzling mix of period detail and contemporary pace that is her hallmark, Laurie R. King continues the stunningly suspenseful series that Lee Child called "the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today."
Praise for "Garment of Shadows"
"As always, the relationship between Holmes and Russell is utterly understated yet traced with heat and light."--"Booklist" (starred review)
"[A] taut tale . . . original and intriguing . . . This tantalizing glimpse into the life and times of a rapidly evolving Arabic society has remarkable resonance for our own uncertain times."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Those new to the series are in for a treat."--Bookreporter

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Original Title:	Garment of Shadows
ISBN:	0553807994 (ISBN13: 9780553807998)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #12
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2012)

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I really enjoyed reading this book, especially since I found the previous book; Pirate King, to be a bit of a letdown. I usually love these books, but Pirate King just didn't work for me. But, this book did, the story was interesting and captivating. Mary Russell wakes up in a room in Morocco with no memory of who she is. There are soldiers pounding on the door and blood on her hands. She is clothed like a man and she discovers while running from the soldiers that she is quite skilled when it



After reading this book I OFFICALLY love Sherlock Holmes and is now one fo my fave detectives!! Suspense, Drama, Mystery all make for a good book!! Think of it as Sherlock Holmes meets the game Clue in the Middle East!! I will definitely be reading more stories with Sherlock Holmes in the future!!

Laurie King has made her literary stock and trade from the imagined relationship between a retired Sherlock Holmes and a young apprentice/partner, Mary Russell. To say stock and trade is not to denigrate only to acknowledge that according to Goodreads, this is #12 in her series. Though King builds on what we have been given by Arthur Conan Doyle as the consummate detective, King does not ape his style, though she is careful to keep the general personalities of Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes,

This latest Russell/Holmes novel of suspense came out in September, 2012. It's a tale of adventure with a focus on a small cast and the complicated political situation in Morocco in 1924. I really liked PIRATE KING and I loved GOD OF THE HIVE. But PIRA was just for fun and GOTH was incredibly complex, as well as beautifully executed. This is more vintage Russell, with the initially odd device that Russell has no idea who she is or why she's there. I couldn't help thinking, as Laurie has said

I started out loving this series. However, when I read Pirate King, I thought it was all over between me and Laurie R King. It's taken me a while to get over my disappointment with that particular offering. However, when I wanted something light to read, I found my way back to her work. Better than Pirate King, but nowhere near as good as earlier books in the series, this installment in the series served its purpose by giving me something reasonably engaging and easy to read. Mary Russell and

Eh. Not a bad book by any means, but without a doubt my least favourite in the series. I just had a really hard time getting into it. Too much exposition, too much background - all of it necessary for the plot, and perhaps if the book had been twice as long, with something else actually happening rather than just a lot of talking about the political situation in Morocco in the early 1920s, I wouldn't have minded.I mean, the politics & history lesson was interesting, but I'd have read a