Dreaming Spies
Where the bears discovered us
An e-card, for you, from the Dreaming Spies paperback, out October 6.
Read MoreDreaming Spies: the paperback
Two weeks from tomorrow, the US paperback of Dreaming Spies comes out. Because I loved the set of e-cards Random House did for the hardback, I begged their permission to make a few of my own, with other pictures and quotes. Here’s the first one—please feel free to turn it loose among your friends, along with…
Read MoreCherry is to Japan as hawthorn is to…
In England recently, it was hawthorn season. In Dreaming Spies, Russell reflects on the resemblance to cherry blossoms: The …thick white hawthorn blossom overhead made me imagine for an instant that I was kneeling for a hanami, setting out a picnic beneath flowering trees.
Read MoreTalking Dreaming Spies
For those of you who didn’t get a chance to see one of my Dreaming Spies tour stops, the good folks at Anderson’s Books in Naperville, IL have posted a nice interview about writing the book, the Bodleian library, being inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars, Russell’s Twittering, and writing Sherlockian erotica, all over on…
Read MoreBook tours & Cons
A funny thing happened on my way to Dreaming Spies… Months and months ago, I said to Random House that I didn’t think a tour was really necessary for this novel, since it would be the first Russell & Holmes in 2 ½ years and people might be interested in it even…
Read MoreThe List
Thanks to you good people who rushed out in Week One and plunked down your hard-earned dollars for Dreaming Spies, the book will appear in the number eight slot on the New York Times bestseller list, and #10 on the Indie Bookstore bestseller list. This makes me very happy, not in the least because it…
Read MoreLost grey matter
Since the airlines (one of three) seem to have misplaced Laurie’s brain somewhere between Houston and Los Angeles (or perhaps in Phoenix), Mary Russell’s War will return as soon as the lost brain has been located and delivered to her door. In the meantime, here’s a picture of yesterday’s fab event put together by the Mission…
Read MoreTour, and toilets!
I hope you’ve managed to get your hands (and your eyes) on a copy of Dreaming Spies? If not, I’ll be all over in the next couple of weeks, and I’m happy to sign one for you. All my events are listed here. Oh, and I should mention that there are still places left at the…
Read MoreWe’re all winners today, however…
Dreaming Spies! —is out in the world today—huzzah! But before you all hunker down with your shiny new hardbacks (sooo pretty….) or your crisp new downloads, let’s celebrate today’s book launch that makes winners out of all of Mary Russell’s admirers by noting the winners of our…
Read MoreA Japanese inn
(Mary Russell’s War will show up on Wednesday this week.) From Dreaming Spies: As the shops thinned and gardens peeped between the houses, we neared what could only be a ryokan. Ancient wood, well-maintained thatch, raked gravel, and a small and perfectly spontaneous garden on either side of the entrance. Everything—thatch, gate, stones, tree bark—…
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