Good reads, indeed!

By Laurie King / November 4, 2014 /

Want a copy of Dreaming Spies before the rest of the world can even get a peek? Bantam are doing a giveaway this month, here on: Goodreads.

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Sherlock Holmes & COMPANY

By Laurie King / November 4, 2014 /

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as Jeffrey Deaver and Laura Caldwell: The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman by Jeffrey Deaver Sometimes it’s overwhelming: the burden of knowing that the man you most admire isn’t real. Then the depression…

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Mary Russell’s War (fourteen): headlines and headaches

By Laurie King / November 3, 2014 /

(From Mary Russell’s war journal, in the hand of Dr. Leah Ginsberg.) 3 November 1914 This past week saw a relapse in Mary’s state of mind. At first, I and her doctor both feared a return of the infections caused by the dirt in her injuries, and she did admit to headaches. However, when she…

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What a COMPANY!

By Laurie King / October 31, 2014 /

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as Gahan Wilson and Nancy Holder: How I Came to Meet Sherlock Holmes by Gahan Wilson I must confess I do not remember the precise date I first came to meet Sherlock Holmes…

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The past, in the present

By Laurie King / October 30, 2014 /

The book I’m working on has, among its several elements, an episode in Papua New Guinea.  So, today’s throwback Thursday… In 1977, a highland air strip (that’s the plane’s strut above my head) and no, I’m not standing far in front of these ladies, they’re just really, really short.  And fascinated by this figure from…

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In the COMPANY

By Laurie King / October 28, 2014 /

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as… John Lescroart and Michael Dirda: Dunkirk by John Lescroart May, 1940 In full dark and shrouded in fog, the Dover Doll rose and fell in the still waters of the English Channel.…

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Dreaming Spies winners!

By Laurie King / October 27, 2014 /

The two winners for last week’s giveaway of the Dreaming Spies ARC –   – are Laura R. and Ray Riethmeier, which means that two copies are on their way to Georgia and Minnesota, respectively.  Congratulations, Laura and Ray, and I hope you love love love the book, and also that you don’t gloat too loudly but…

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Mary Russell’s War (thirteen): visitors and responsibilities

By Laurie King / October 27, 2014 /

On a sheet of stationery pinned to the pages of Mary Russell’s journal: 27 October 1914 Mary, because you seem worried that your brain has sustained an injury in the accident, as evidenced by your occasional lapses in memory, I am adding a page here as an aide memoire, that you may read it and reinforce…

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It’s all about the COMPANY

By Laurie King / October 25, 2014 /

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as… Laurie R. King and Michael Connelly: Introduction by Laurie R. King Variations on the theme of Holmes have been played ever since the man first saw print. Some have been whimsical, others…

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Dreaming Spies minus 4; The Illustrated R&H now!

By Laurie King / October 24, 2014 /

[This giveaway is now closed, sorry, but stay tuned for more of the same!] Four months from today, Dreaming Spies appears on shelves!  And so not all of you are forced to wait, I have two copies of the bound galleys (the book’s ARC) to give away here on Mutterings. All you need to do is…

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