Castle Shade: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King. Bantam Books (Random House), 2021. Adult fiction, mystery. Queen Marie of Roumania is worried about her teenaged daughter Princess Ileana. The granddaughter of Queen Victoria herself and also of the Russian Czar Alexander II, Marie knows just the discreet and smart investigator to call...Sherlock Holmes. Of course, his wife, Mary Russell, is on the case with him. Off they go to Castle Bran. It appears someone is trying to scare the locals and that young women are in danger even from perhaps the dreaded local danger: vampires!
Readers unfamiliar with King's excellent series of novels of Holmes and Russell should start with the first, The Beekeeper's Apprentice. King is true to the original stories, but gives the tales an update to the 1920's era and makes each her own. A note in the back tells readers about the real Queen Marie. Well researched and full of opportunities for Mary Russell to show that women can also be action heroes, the writing propels readers through adventures of the dynamic duo.
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