The Publishers Weekly review for Island of the Mad– –might offer you a tantalizing taste of what’s to come your way in June… Island of the Mad Set in 1925, Edgar-winner King’s well-plotted 16th Mary Russell novel (after 2016’s The Murder of Mary Russell) finds Mary helping Ronnie Fitzwarren, an old friend of hers from…
Read More…two people met on a patch of countryside: I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him. In my defence I must say it was an engrossing book, and it was very rare to come across…
Read MoreWant a good read—or eight? My dear publishers are doing a mystery-thriller sweepstakes giveaway, with Island of the Mad tucked in with seven other new crime fiction books. (You suppose I’m allowed to put my name down…?) Enter it here.
Read MoreI was greatly honored to find that The Beekeeper’s Apprentice has been given a place among the Goodreads 100 Top Mysteries, here. Looking at all those other names–Christie and Conan Doyle among them–both makes me think, Yeah there’s some mistake there and makes me very proud and happy. How many of the books have you read?
Read MoreI’ll be doing a workshop on Setting for the good folk at Litquake next Saturday (assuming my voice returns–I have to say, conferences like Left Coast are just super for sharing: favorite writers; plot ideas; viruses…) so I’ve been mulling over the settings I use in my books. I haven’t used New York (yet…) even…
Read MoreCongratulations, Island of the Mad bound-galley winners! Winners for the jigsaw-puzzle drawing are: Kimberly Kummer, Jack McKinney, Teresa D., Sabine Schreiner, and Lisa Woods. More contests to come! (And you’re not signed up for the newsletter, where we announce these things, you might want to do so now: https://laurierking.com/blog/)
Read MoreTo mark the three-month countdown to Island of the Mad, and to give away a few of the bound galleys my publisher sent me– –we’re running a contest admirably suited to a book set in Venice: a jigsaw puzzle. Venice is a tightly-fitted set of pieces literally built up in the marshy lagoon over many…
Read MoreHi UK readers—just to let you know (to tell your friends!) Locked Rooms, Letter of Mary, and The Moor are on on special in the UK for just £2, with the Kindle versions even less. Enjoy!
Read MoreMy friends at Deadly Pleasures Magazine have given Lockdown a lovely long review. I hope they don’t mind, but I think I’ll post the whole thing here–and, they named it one of their Best Novels of 2017. Thank you, Deadly Pleasures! Readers would be justified in thinking that with a title like Lockdown, the new…
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As BookBub may have told you, there’s a special deal on the US e-book of Mary Russell’s War— As you probably know, Russell’s War would be an ideal present for this time of year since there are two, yes two, Christmas stories. One is about Russell’s childhood memories, and the other is all the way…
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