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Recommended by Judy Barrow

Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell books are up there with Louise’s on my favorites list. I just read “Th

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Recommended by Vicky Chardone

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Books By Laurie R King

The Lantern's Dance
A Darker Place
A Study in Sherlock
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
For the Sake of the Game
In League with Sherlock Holmes
Califia's Daughters: A Novel
Back to the Garden
Hellbender: A Novella
Mila's Tale: A Novella
Touchstone
The Bones of Paris
Folly
Keeping Watch
Stately Holmes
The Marriage of Mary Russell
Mary Russell's War: And Other Stories of Suspense
Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes
A Grave Talent
To Play the Fool
With Child
The Murder of Mary Russell
Night Work
Island of the Mad
The Art of Detection
Riviera Gold
Beginnings: A Kate Martinelli Novella
Castle Shade
Beekeeping for Beginners
The Mary Russell Companion
Mary's Christmas
Justice Hall
The Game
Locked Rooms
The Language of Bees
The God of the Hive
Pirate King
Garment of Shadows
Dreaming Spies
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
A Letter of Mary
The Moor
O Jerusalem
The Mary Russell Series: Books 2-4
The Kate Martinelli Series: Books 1-3

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Is there another modern mystery writer that explores Sherlock Holmes in such a delightfully original way? With Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created a partner for Holmes who is as interesting and engaging as he is. There are multiple reasons why the long-standing series continues to enthral readers. Do you look forward to Mary and Sherlock’s banter and exchange of whits or are you more interested in the mysteries they solve? Let’s compare notes like the consulting detectives do. And let’s not leave out discussing King’s other mystery series too.

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Recommendations From Laurie’s Fans

Iona Whishaw

Recommended by Amelia Brown

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Louise Penny

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Before I discovered Louise Penny, I was very taken with Elizabeth George and Laurie R. King. I devou

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Recommended Books From Laurie R King Fans

A Deeper Sleep
The Buzzard Table
Evan Help Us
Long Range
Royal Flush
Call After Midnight
Burying Ariel
Thief of Hearts
Girl
The Consequences of Fear
Web of Evil
Children of the Revolution
Under the Knife
A Taste of Life
Twelve Sharp
The Laughter of Dead Kings: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense
Winterkill
Vanish with the Rose
Dark of the Moon
The Thirst: A Harry Hole Novel
Track of the Cat
Bleeding Hearts
A Christmas Return: A Novel
Man in the Queue
The Falls
Sea of Troubles
The Tale Teller
Alexandria
The Closers
Red Eye: Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch
Pretty Girls: A Novel
The Night Fire
One by One
Smoke and Murders
Among the Mad
Full House
The Camelot Caper
Never Say Die
Midnight Tango
Milk and Honey: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Breakup
Transient Desires
Hard Row
This Is Why We Lied: A Will Trent Thriller
City of Darkness and Light
The Dry
A Death in the Small Hours
Treachery at Lancaster Gate
Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Paragon Walk
The Château Murder
J is for Judgment
Life Support
The Perfect Suspect
Pentecost Alley
The Perils of Morning Coffee
M is for Malice
Garment of Shadows
What's Past Is Prologue
The Heist
Christmas at Patchin Place: Two Molly Murphy Mysteries
The God of the Hive
The Serpent and the Pearl
The Museum of Desire
What to Do When Someone Dies
Bedford Square
Lost Birds: A Leaphorn
Union Jack
B is for Burglar
Seeds of Deception: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
Gone Girl
Swing
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story
The Evidence Exposed
Enemies at Home: A Flavia Albia Novel
The Skeleton in the Closet
Splinter the Silence
C Is for Corpse
A Dangerous Fortune
Smokin' Seventeen
The Blackhouse
The Gate Keeper
Left for Dead
The Messenger
Less Than a Treason
The Girls on the Shore: A Detective Matthew Venn Short Story
S is for Silence
Portrait of a Spy
The Guest List
The Torment of Others
City of the Dead
The Recovery Agent
Elegy for Eddie
Upon a Dark Night
After the Storm
Blood on the Water: A William Monk Novel
A Deceptive Devotion
The Silver Pigs
The Jupiter Myth
With No One as Witness
Back to the Garden
Southern Cross
Ode To A Banker
A Bitter Truth
Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Mercedes Coffin
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
Evan Only Knows
The Master of Blacktower
Sudden Prey
Unnatural Causes
Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Raven Black
W is for Wasted
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
The Fly on the Wall
Spider Woman's Daughter
Locked Rooms
Hasty Death
Bethlehem Road
The Sweet Remnants of Summer
The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
1979: An Allie Burns Novel
Left You Dead
Broken: A Novel
One-way Tickets: A Case For Willows and Lane
The Seventh Sinner
The Woman in Blue
Die for Love
The Ritual Bath
The Redeemer
When the Music's Over
Framed in Fire
The Executor: A Thriller
Blow Fly
Suffer the Little Children
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Faithful Place
Foul Matter
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Farriers' Lane
The Last Mrs. Summers
Clete
Earthly Remains
Whistleblower
Started Early
At Risk
Killing Orders: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Evans Above
The Butcher's Theater
Death in a Darkening Mist
The Secret Encounter
The Story Teller
The Joy and Light Bus Company
Partner in Crime
Deserves to Be Dead: MatchUp Collection
The Kate Shugak Investigations: Books 1-9
Den of Iniquity
Robicheaux
Up Jumps the Devil
Stand Down
Guardian Angel: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Horse You Came in On
Controller
A Song for the Dark Times
Evan Blessed
Windy City Blues: V. I. Warshawski Stories
The Singing of the Dead
Dark Storm Rising: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Murder on the Short List
Dead in the Water
Flesh and Blood
The Truth
Gathering Prey
Time and Tide: A DC Smith Investigation
An Incomplete Revenge
Spirit Crossing
Midnight Run
Pushing Up Daisies
The Locked Room
Destroyer Angel
Legacy of the Dead
A Killing of Innocents
Her Royal Spyness
In Sunshine or in Shadow
And Justice There Is None
Unnatural Exposure
D is for Deadbeat
A Dangerous Mourning: A William Monk Novel
Two of the Deadliest
Y is for Yesterday
The Investigator
The Sheen on the Silk
Leave the Grave Green
Death of a Prankster
The Turn of the Key
One Coffee With
Saturnalia
Death of a Bore
The Raging Storm
The Darkest Evening
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Honor & . . .(MatchUp Collection)
The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits
Skeleton Canyon
The Night Crew
A Pale Horse
The Wandering Soul Murders
The Fourth Sacrifice
Playing for the Ashes
The Leopard
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Café
Drawing Conclusions
The Ape who Guards the Balance
Birds of Prey
Cop Town
Before the Poison
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Devil's Delight: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Black Cherry Blues
Cleaning the Gold: A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story
Night Work
Two for Texas
A Lesson in Secrets
The Red Room
The Quiche of Death
Dead Reckoning
Photo Finish
Murder at the Royal Ruby
Through a Glass
Cold Comfort: A Novella
The Armor of Light
Catch Me When I Fall
Killing Time: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Blood on Snow
Twisted Twenty-Six
The Clairvoyant Countess
Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel
State of Terror
The Bullet That Missed
Island of the Mad
The Singing Sands
The Hidden City
Dull Knife
13 1/2
The Devil's Cave
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
The Jealous Kind
Rough Cider
Out of the Deep I Cry
Predator
Common Murder
The Last Coyote
1999: An Allie Burns Novel
Dakota
The Spook Who Spoke Again
Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Longmire Mystery
Wild Irish Rose
Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Careless Love
The Brutal Heart
Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
A Shilling For Candles
The Blessing Way
A Silent Death
Entry Island
The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
Chosen Prey
The Shattered Tree
A Necessary End
Waxwork
A Casualty of War
Kisscut
The Grey Wolf
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
House of the Rising Sun
A Taste for Vengeance
Death of a Nurse
Takedown Twenty
Dark Tide Rising: A William Monk Novel
Cimarron Rose
Agatha Raisin and The Witch of Wyckhadden
A World of Curiosities
Vanish: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
The Pact: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Booked for Murder
We Shall Not Sleep
Blue Monday
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A Cry in the Night
The Wizard's Daughter
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
The Five Bells and Bladebone
In Like Flynn
T is for Trespass
Skinwalkers

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“The Mary Russell books are fantastic. Beekeeper’s Apprentice has to be one of my all-time favourite mysteries and the series is my ‘number two’ after Gamache.”

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