Mary Russell’s knave of an uncle brings her a case even Sherlock Holmes wasn’t able to solve:
the disappearance of
The Irish Crown Jewels
COMING JUNE 2025
About Laurie
Laurie R. King is the bestselling, award-winning author of numerous beloved novels, short stories, anthologies, and works of nonfiction. She lives in California and writes historical mysteries set all over the world, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series.
The Lantern's Dance
Paris, India, England — a case from the past of Sherlock Holmes, which even the detective himself hasn't suspected.
Paperback coming February 2025.
A cold case heats up for
SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing…
Watch for the new one in 2026!
Praise
“A brilliant and extraordinary book.”
—Madeleine L'Engle
“Funny and fearless.”
—The Houston Chronicle
“The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.”
—Lee Child
“Mesmerizing—another wonderful novel etched by the hand of a master storyteller.”
—Michael Connelly
“Historical fiction doesn’t get any better than this.”
—The Denver Post
“Fabulous reading, breathless excitement, and the myriad pleasures of watching great minds at work.”
—Booklist, starred review
The Series
Russell & Holmes
Raquel Laing
Kate Martinelli
Standalone Novels
Other Books
Stuyvesant & Grey
Latest Blog Post
In an attempt to compromise between saying nothing and saying everything (with fury and outrage), I’m going to post once a week: a series of citizen responses on Facebook and Instagram, Wednesdays. Some live videos, some recorded, others graphics, individual or with others. Because this is a community, and in 2025, we need to be…
Read MoreMaryorama
The endless delight of the Victorian card game called Myriorama, where a few cards of scenery join at the edges to create a thousand different landscapes, now has a video interpretation. The Maryorama (formerly “Russellscape”) literally brings the LRK community together, with fan images from the Memoirs make a visual record of the travels of Russell & Holmes.
Reader Tools
Book Club Tools
One of the pleasures of novels is learning about different times, other places, unexpected ways of seeing the world. View book club kits and discussion guides to explore the worlds of Laurie R. King.
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
Classroom Study Guide
A free 7-week study unit—vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, and related materials—for The Beekeeper’s Apprentice.
"Irish countryside, Liscannor, Ireland" by Giuseppe Milo. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0.