That’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…
Read MoreThe Russellscape is a series of images contributed by all you Friends of Russell (& Holmes), that literally comes together, creating a moving panorama of the duo’s travels. It’s the modern version of the Victorian card game called the myriorama. We’re doing a new Fun Stuff section of the web site with art, crossword puzzles, and a new Russellscape—or,…
Read MoreMary Russell’s War & Other Stories of Suspense comes out Tuesday! Nineteen years in the making, this is a collection of nine previously published short stories and one ALL! NEW! Sherlock Holmes mystery! (called *ahem* “Stately Holmes.” You can blame Barbara Peters for the title.) Also, an “Appreciation” of Miss Russell by one Leslie S. Klinger, my co-editor in three…
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