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Garment of Shadows

A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Book 12

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In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: Who am I? She has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the door. Out in the hivelike streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locks. She is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. Overhead, warplanes pass ominously north.

Meanwhile, Holmes is pulled by two old friends and a distant relation into the growing war between France, Spain, and the Rif Revolt led by Emir Abd el-Krim—who may be a Robin Hood or a power mad tribesman. The shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of Fez, and Holmes badly wants the wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he’s learned, to his horror, has gone missing. As Holmes searches for her, and Russell searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it’s too late for them, for Africa, and for the peace of Europe.

©2012 Laurie R. King (P)2012 Recorded Books Detective Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Africa Morocco War Suspense
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It may be one of those worked-to-death devices but it is totaly inconveniant for our Heroine with an old friend missing, trechery afoot and a country on the brink of rebelion and war, and she with a splitting headache... and who is this man that claims to be her husband?!



Thoroughly enjoyed by us over several meals. Looking forward to the next.

Russell with amnesia?!

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Another excellent book about Mary and Holmes. Another visit with past friends too. Reader is as good as always, and the addition of a male reader for when Holmes is alone is a very good dynamic.

Loved it

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I read some of the early Russell/Holmes books some time ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. Sadly, I found this audio book heavy going at times. There was too much Moroccan history and politics, and hearing the Moroccan names aurally disturbed the flow of the story for me - my mind kept tripping over the Arabic sounds and trying to work out how they were spelled, thus losing the thread of the narrative. Ditto for the geography and place names - in this sense I would have preferred reading the written word. Also, I did not warm to either of the actors' voices - they were not what I had imagined in my head. The plot moved slowly at first, although towards the end it became more dynamic. None of this is really a criticism as such, just a personal response.

A BIT DISAPPOINTED

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I will add this to my favourites. Another chilling mystery that grabs your attention from the beginning. Mary Russel and Sherlock Holmes make the perfect partnership where their shared minds entangle the mysteries.

Another mind blowing gripping story

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