A puzzling magazine

By Laurie King / December 21, 2015 /

Mystery Scene is a favorite of the crime community, edited by longtime friend Kate Stine. They often run crossword puzzles, and this month’s, by Verna Suit, is “Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Identity” so I thought, hey, let’s see how many holes I have in my knowledge. Can you see which one I got wrong? 5 Down–”The Reigate…

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Russell infinity scarf

By Laurie King / December 8, 2015 /

The Book Club folk have asked me to post here on Mutterings to see if anyone else might be interested in joining their order for a Mary Russell Infinity Scarf, from an Etsy seller.  Here’s the Sherlock Holmes one, with a page of Hound of the Baskervilles running along it: This wouldn’t be until after the first…

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New Video

By Laurie King / November 23, 2015 /

Team LRK has a new video for you, based on a piece of prose you may recognize: “I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes…”

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Mary Russell, meet Sherlock Holmes

By Laurie King / November 23, 2015 /

Team LRK has a new video for you, based on a piece of prose you may recognize: “I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes…”

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Close of day

By Laurie King / November 21, 2015 /

In these days of hate-mongering and rising tides of fear, a good sunset still manages to lift the spirits and calm the heart, whether looking towards the east (note furled pirate flag)… or the west…

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Research and other addictions

By Laurie King / November 12, 2015 /

I love research. It’s addictive, in fact, and can threaten the actual writing of the book unless one develops a stern attitude towards the Siren call of the shelves—or, for those wired that way, of the Internet. In The Murder of Mary Russell, the past holds the answer to the present’s questions, which means I…

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Laurie King, e-dinosaur

By Laurie King / November 9, 2015 /

Well, friends, we’re one step closer to this: To my great consternation, the 21st century is nipping at my heels. All these years, I’ve done copyedits on actual pieces of paper: I’ll finish a book and send my editor a lovely clean copy, spa she can take up her pencil and slash it to pieces, adding questions…

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Coffee: rocket ships or old socks?

By Laurie King / November 5, 2015 /

So, you have some freshly roasted, gorgeously brown beans, from Ethiopia or Costa Rica. What to do next? Mahmoud Hazr has one approach: Mahmoud set the mortar and pestle to one side and reached for the incongruously homely English saucepan of steaming water that Ali had set to boil, filled from a skin hanging off…

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Coffee, nectar of the underslept

By Laurie King / November 4, 2015 /

Over the years, I’ve introduced any number of people to the contagion of excellent coffee: a pound of some excellent beans and a decent grinder, I’ve created an addict for life. Beans: what kind? Any beans you get in a coffee store is going to be Coffea arabica (the big, low-altitude robusta are only used…

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Winner

By Laurie King / November 3, 2015 /

Our winner for the ARC of Jane Steele is…Alison Skier! Alison, I’m sending an email to let you know. Thanks everyone for showing interest, Lyndsay is happy to hear that people are eager! The book is out in April, which will just give you time to finish The Murder of Mary Russell first…

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