Laurie R. King
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.21 | 12475 Users | 736 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Justice Hall |
| ISBN: | 000711138X (ISBN13: 9780007111381) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.laurierking.com/?page_id=1213 |
| Series: | Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #6 |
| Characters: | Mary Russell, Ali Hazr, Mahmoud Hazr, Sherlock Holmes |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
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Hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving the murky riddle of The Moor, a bloodied but oddly familiar stranger pounds desperately on their front door, pleading for their help. When he recovers, he lays before them the story of the enigmatic Marsh Hughenfort, younger brother of the Duke of Beauville, returned to England upon his brother's death, determined to learn the truth about the untimely death of the hall's expected heir - a puzzle he is convinced only Holmes and Russell can solve.It's a mystery that begins during the Great War of 1918, when young Gabriel Hughenfort, the late Duke's only son, died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since. While Holmes heads to London to uncover the truth of Gabriel's war record, Russell joins an ill-fated shooting party. A missing diary, a purloined bundle of letters, and a trail of ominous clues comprise a mystery that will call for Holmes's cleverest disguises and Russell's most daring journeys into the unknown! from an English hamlet to the city of Paris to the wild prairie of the New World. The trap is set, the game is afoot, but can they catch an elusive villain in the act of murder before they become his next victims?
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| Title | : | Justice Hall (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #6) |
| Author | : | Laurie R. King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | 2003 by HarperCollins (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 12475 Users | 736 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books Justice Hall (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #6)
This sixth novel in the Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes series may be my favourite so far. If so, it is not because of the mystery, which is whether the battlefield execution of a young officer in WWI was in fact a sophisticated murder. Nor it is because of anything that Russell and Holmes actually did in the course of the novel, although they remain on good form. In my view, the chief strength of the novel lies in two characters who made their first appearance in the preceding novel in theI was surprised by how much I enjoyed this entry in the Mary Russell series. Perhaps it was because I'd just finished O Jerusalem only a week ago and the characters Mahmoud and Ali were still so very strong in my mind, this was easily my favourite since the first book in the series. Mary and Holmes return home almost immediately after the events The Moor to discover Alister stumbling into their home, an english caricature of the wild Ali they met in Palestine. And so the mystery continues with
I really enjoyed this book from the Mary Russell series. I found the plot more interesting. It had its usual methodical evidence gathering by Holmes and Russell which makes it slow paced, however this has been my favourite in the series so far
This is my second time through this book - the first time I read it, this time I listened to the audiobook narrated by Jenny Sterlin. While I've gotten bogged down in The Pirate King previously (book 11), I do intend to break the back of this series this time through.Having said that, I write this review having previously read the next four books in the series: The Game, Locked Rooms, The Language of Bees and The God of the Hive, as well as the five preceding books. At least at this point, this
Another good installment of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. I enjoyed the characters in this one as a couple were from O Jerusalem...much different setting this time around. Reading these novels is like having an old friend regale me with their adventures. Good stuff!
Beautiful. Just beautiful. In the combined desire to reread the Holmes/Russell series and still hurry to get to Pirate King, I skipped two books: Letter of Mary I did not have, and O Jerusalem was a departure of setting and plotline, and took place a step out of time in the series, so that I felt safe leaving it out for the time being. (I will get back to it before long.) Such is the beauty of this series that it was perfectly possible to do so and still happily read this sixth book, which not
Justice Hall story takes place quite directly after The Moor when Holmes and Russell find a bloodied guest at their doorstep begging for help. It actually makes a lot of sense to why O Jerusalem came before this book despite that the story takes place directly after The Moor. You just have to rad this book and the previous to find out why...Russell and Holmes have to help Marsh Hughenfort discover the truth about the death of his nephew Gabriel Hughenfort who died in the Great War of 1918. But,
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