Pirate King - A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

Zusatztext “Brilliant . . . [This] tangled web includes some very high comedy from Gilbert and Sullivan, pirates, and early moviemaking.” — Booklist (starred review)   “Fast-paced and funny.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch   LAURIE R. KING’S BESTSELLING NOVELS OF SUSPENSE FEATURING MARY RUSSELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES ARE . . . “Audacious.” — Los Angeles Times   “Delightful and creative.” — The Wall Street Journal   “Lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company.” — The New York Times Book Review   “Rousing . . . riveting . . . suspenseful.” — Chicago Sun-Times   “Beguiling . . . tantalizing.” — The Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor Laurie R. King Klappentext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In England's young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels undercover to the set of Fflytte's latest cinematic extravaganza, Pirate King. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation . . . or sink a boatload of careers. As the company starts rehearsals in Lisbon, the thirteen blond-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming, Russell senses ominous currents of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with many secrets, decks awash with budding romance-and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their outlaw leader. Where can Sherlock Holmes be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout. Features Laurie R. King's short story, Beekeepers for Beginners, previously available only as an eBook! Leseprobe BOOK ONE Ship of Fools November 6-22, 1924 CHAPTER ONE Ruth: I did not catch the word aright, through being hard of hearing...I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate. "Honestly, Holmes? Pirates?" "That is what I said." "You want me to go and work for pirates." O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free... "My dear Russell, someone your age should not behaving trouble with her hearing." Sherlock Holmes solicitous was Sherlock Holmes sarcastic. "My dear Holmes, someone your age should not be overlooking incipient dementia. Why do you wish me to go and work for pirates?" "Think of it as an adventure, Russell." "May I point out that this past year has been nothing but adventure? Ten back-to-back cases between us in the past fifteen months, stretched over, what, eight countries? Ten, if one acknowledges the independence of Scotland and Wales. What I need is a few weeks with nothing more demanding than my books." "You should, of course, feel welcome to remain here." The words seemed to contain a weight beyond their surface meaning. A dark and inauspicious weight. A Mariner's albatross sort of a weight. I replied with caution. "This being my home, I generally do feel welcome." "Ah. Did I not mention that Mycroft is coming to stay?" "Mycroft? Why on earth would Mycroft come here? In all the years I've lived in Sussex, he's visited only once." "Twice, although the other occasion was while you were away. However, he's about to have the builders in, and he needs a quiet retreat." "He can afford an hotel room." "This is my brother, Russell," he chided. Yes, exactly: my husband's brother, Mycroft Holmes. Whom I had thwarted-blatantly, with malice aforethought, and with...

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Brilliant . . . [This] tangled web includes some very high comedy from Gilbert and Sullivan, pirates, and early moviemaking. Booklist (starred review)
 
Fast-paced and funny. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 
LAURIE R. KING S BESTSELLING NOVELS OF SUSPENSE FEATURING MARY RUSSELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES ARE . . .

Audacious. Los Angeles Times
 
Delightful and creative. The Wall Street Journal
 
Lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company. The New York Times Book Review
 
Rousing . . . riveting . . . suspenseful. Chicago Sun-Times
 
Beguiling . . . tantalizing. The Boston Globe

Product details

• Authors: Laurie R. King
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780553386752
• ISBN: 978-0-553-38675-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes; Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes; Mary Russell and Sherlock Holm; Mary Russell
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense