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The Game

By: Laurie R. King
Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
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About this listen

In the early days of 1924, Mary Russell and her husband, the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, are given an urgent task by his brother, Mycroft: find a British spy gone missing along India's northwest frontier, where men are dying and trouble is brewing. The spy's name? It is one Holmes knows from his sojourn in India long ago, and one Russell knows from a book. It is Kimball O'Hara, known to the world by the name Rudyard Kipling called him - Kim....

©2004 Laurie R. King (P)2004 W. F. Howes Ltd Detective Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Sherlock Holmes

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Love Laurie's books, although I find Jenny's reading of this a little harsh. I will still listen to all the rest though!

Love the author

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A fascinating story and keeps you hooked on to the end. A definite must to listen and/or read.

Fascinating

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The series just gets better and better. Laurie King is a genius storyteller - her knowledge and ability to link history and fiction are rare skills. Thank you.

Brilliant

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Two great characters from literature diluted and neutered! story could have been told in a third of the time. So much potential but i skipped a lot.

Too much irrelevant padding 4 me

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