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The intriguing mystery for Sherlock Holmes fans.

In this chilling adventure, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes face a dark and ageless threat within the confines of a castle. The narrative unfolds as they navigate the complexities of royal intrigue and the looming dangers that come with it. The blend of mystery and suspense keeps readers engaged as the duo confronts both external and internal challenges, testing their wits and resolve.

A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty resurfaces with potentially fatal consequences in this gripping standalone novel. The Gardener Estate, a storied West Coast mansion, is home to a family that shaped California while concealing their inner turmoil. As the Estate prepares for a new future, construction work uncovers a grim relic: a skull hidden away decades ago. Inspector Raquel Laing of the SFPD Cold Case Unit faces a challenging investigation. In the '70s, the Estate was a commune led by young heir Rob Gardener, who transformed it into a counterculture haven. However, that era also saw serial killers like The Highwayman targeting such innocents, raising urgent questions about the skull's identity. Raquel, familiar with hidden turmoil, suspects a connection to The Highwayman. As she explores the Estate's archives, she uncovers disturbing truths that lead her back to Rob Gardener, now a reclusive figure haunted by the past. Fifty years ago, his girlfriend vanished after a midsummer festival at the Estate, and many others disappeared that summer as the commune fell apart. With pressure mounting, Raquel must solve the case before The Highwayman escapes or another Gardener goes missing.

"The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius, mastery, and heroism became the standard by which other creators measured their creations, and the friendship between Holmes and Dr. Watson served as a brilliant model for those who followed Doyle. Not only did the Holmes tales influence the mystery genre but also tales of science-fiction, adventure, and the supernatural. It is little wonder, then, that when the renowned Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger invited their writer-friends and colleagues to be inspired by the Holmes canon, a cornucopia of stories sprang forth, with more than sixty of the greatest modern writers participating in four acclaimed anthologies. Now, King and Klinger have invited another fifteen masters to become In League with Sherlock Holmes. The contributors to the pair's next volume, due out in December 2020, include award-winning authors of horror, thrillers, mysteries, westerns, and science-fiction, all bound together in admiration and affection for the original stories. Past tales have spanned the Victorian era, World War I, World War II, the post-war era, and contemporary America and England. They have featured familiar figures from literature and history, children, master sleuths, official police, unassuming amateurs, unlikely protagonists, even ghosts and robots. Some were new tales about Holmes and Watson; others were about people from Holmes's world or admirers of Holmes and his methods. The resulting stories are funny, haunting, thrilling, and surprising. All are unforgettable. The new collection promises more of the same!"-- Provided by publisher

A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure

"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes turn the Riviera upside-down to crack their most captivating case yet in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called "the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today." It's summertime on the Riviera, where the Jazz Age is busily reinventing the holiday delights of warm days on golden sand and cool nights on terraces and dance floors. Just up the coast lies a more traditional pleasure ground: Monte Carlo, where fortunes are won, lost, stolen, and hidden away. So when Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes happen across the Côte d'Azur in this summer of 1925, they find themselves pulled between the young and the old, hot sun and cool jazz, new friendships and old loyalties, childlike pleasures and very grownup sins.."-- Provided by publisher

Presents a collection of stories by popular authors whose work inside and outside of the mystery genre has been influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1925: Mary Russell receives word that one of her friends has been committed to Bedlam mental hospital. Feeling less than balanced herself, the last thing she wants is to visit the mad but she agrees to investigate. When her friend escapes, Russell follows, only to find that the lunatics may be in charge of the asylum, and nothing is as it seems.

Laurie R. King illuminates the hidden corners of her beloved Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series in this dynamic short story collection.