The last couple of samples from Echoes of Sherlock Holmes, and these are goodies. Raffa by Anne Perry It was one of the nicest hotels in London. The dining room was suitably lush, sombre and filled with the chink of china and the delicate odours of coffee and bacon, but Marcus St. Giles was unimpressed…
Read MoreTwo tasty morsels from Echoes of Sherlock Holmes for you today… Martin X by Gary Phillips The dean of black empowerment lay dead on the worn throw rug. A ragged bullet hole violated Professor Lincoln Barrow’s wrinkled forehead. He was dressed in slacks and slippers, a ratty robe splayed open over an athletic T-shirt covering his…
Read MoreThat’s right: more samples from Echoes of Sherlock Holmes… The First Mrs Coulter by Catriona McPherson Miss Cordelia Grant did not mourn the world of damp dressing rooms, damper lodgings and Sunday travel in a third-class railway carriage. True, her current role – lady’s maid to Mrs Gilver – was performed on a smaller stage…
Read MoreWant some more samples of the new anthology? Well, okay then! The Case of the Speckled Trout by Deborah Crombie My name is Sherry Watson. It’s a crap name, Sherry, I know. But what can you do? It’s not like I had a say in the matter. My parents, to give them credit, were trying…
Read MoreThis third collection of “stories inspired by the Holmes canon” that Les Klinger and I have edited is out now, in hardback, e-, and next week, in audio. In celebration, and to tempt you into the mix, I thought I’d post a few tidbits from the stories. Here’s the first sampler… Where There is Honey by…
Read MoreRUSSELL’S WAR IS NOW AVAILABLE! The complete collection of Russell short pieces—yes, ALL of them—is available in a gorgeous shiny new paperback from my good friends at Poisoned Pen Press. I signed for the Poisoned Pen bookshop on Saturday—and, since Les Klinger was there too, if you snatch at one soon, you’ll get a copy…
Read MoreMany and many a year ago, in a (LR)Kingdom by the sea, we started celebrating various events (new books, Library Week, St. Swithun’s Day) by running contests. Some of these involved art, others words. We did crossword puzzles, pirate haiku, Russellscapes, “My Dream Library”—you name it, we’ve done it (next up: videos.) When we moved…
Read MoreToday when I went to crank up the umbrella that shades my study window, I found that in the week I was off in New Orleans, a couple of local residents had moved in. I like bats. They’re charming little things, and I was sorry to upset them today, waking them from their sleep and forcing…
Read MoreThe transformation from Russellscape to Maryorama begins with this fantastic piece by reader Noémia Pereira, showing a scene from Dreaming Spies: Don’t you just adore this? Wouldn’t you like to join the Art March that is the Maryorama? Wouldn’t you like to win–a complete set of the Memoirs, or some Team LRK art? Click here for…
Read More[UPDATE: the UK edition will be out in e-format in October/November, and in print next spring!] I understand that the physical version of Mary Russell’s War and Other Stories should be shipped to bookstores–and from the Poisoned Pen orders room–next week! I’ll be doing a book launch at the Poisoned Pen on October 1–and as an…
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