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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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I just finished reading The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King and loved it! If you’ve never read any

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Books By Laurie R King

Knave of Diamonds
The Lantern's Dance
Folly
Keeping Watch
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
The Mary Russell Companion
Mary's Christmas
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 Moor
O Jerusalem
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 Mary Russell Series: Books 2-4
The Kate Martinelli Series: Books 1-3

Tips and Resources From Your Laurie R King Book Club Friends:

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

Wiley Cash

Recommended by Nancy Herrington

It was a book that was difficult to put down when I read it. A low-flying plane awakens the sheriff and crashes. He finds

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Ariel Lawhon

Recommended by Julie Gritt

A historical fiction mystery. A clean story, nothing vulgar. Based on the real diary entries

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Kerry Greenwood

Recommended by Gillian Mitchell

I’m always up for another Miss Fisher adventure. They are very entertaining and I love all the histo

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Iona Whishaw

Recommended by Amelia Brown

I’m really enjoying Iona Whishaw’s Lane Winslow series; it takes place in BC near Nelson just after

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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

The Locked Room
Eye of the Needle
Missing You
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
High Five
Death's Half Acre
The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller
A World of Curiosities
The Bat
Shadow of the Solstice
A Cold Blooded Business
Blood Shot
Snakehead
Lay Down the Law
Out of Bounds
The Great Deceiver
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
Queen of the Flowers
A Match Made for Murder
The Man in Black and Other Stories
12 Rose Street
The Bone Collection: Four Novellas
Brunswick Gardens
Agatha Raisin and The Day the Floods Came
Someone in the House
Final Account: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Pretty Girls: A Novel
Last to Die
Don't Forget Me
A Lesson in Dying
Midnight and Blue
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
Stop Them Dead
A Sunlit Weapon
Invitation to Die: A Short Story of Falco's Rome
Talking to Strange Men
Hermit's Peak
Stone Cold
Kissed a Sad Goodbye
A Study in Sherlock
Tuesday's Gone
After the Storm
Mercy
Whistle: A Novel
The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Speaking in Bones
Death Row
Fatal Pursuit
Blood Trail
Perfect People
Whiteout
Arcadia: A Case For Willows And Lane
With This Ring: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Motor Mouth
Photo Finish
The Summer That Never Was
The Old Silent
From a Far and Lovely Country
Gone Girl
Acceptable Loss: A William Monk Novel
Agatha Raisin and The Case of the Curious Curate
The Keepsake: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Doctored Evidence
An Old Betrayal
The Scorpion's Tail
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
No Shred of Evidence
Beneath the Surface
Partner in Crime
All the Colors of the Dark
Serpentine: An Alex Delaware Novel
Last Breath
Payment in Kind
The Night Crew
Hints of Heliose
So Shall You Reap
The Guilty
Savage Run
The Salaryman's Wife
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Wife Upstairs
The Likeness
False Witness: A Novel
My Husband's Wife: A Novel
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Dust
The New Iberia Blues
Choose Me
Eye of the Wolf
A Deeper Sleep
The Daughter of Time
The Proof of the Pudding
To Kill a Troubadour
The Scottish Prisoner
The Crying Child
A Calamity of Souls
Death of an Eye
A Morning for Flamingos
This Body of Death
Ward D
The Fleur de Sel Murders: A Brittany Mystery
Bad Actors
D is for Deadbeat
Out of Range
Monday Mourning
The Mist
Deadly Decisions
Man Overboard
Thief of Hearts
The Perfect Victim
Endangered
The Best Man to Die
Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
H is for Homicide
Devil May Care
Scratch a Woman
Full Wolf Moon
Verdict in Blood
The Dollhouse
Blood from a Stone
Cardington Crescent
The Woman in Suite 11
Farriers' Lane
A Pale Horse
Joe Country
A Place of Hiding
Mrs. Pollifax
Exit Wounds
Straight into Darkness
Resurrection Men
Purple Cane Road
The Poet
Chinese Whispers
The Babysitter's Code
The Sound of Broken Glass
Split Second
Evan Can Wait
Ashworth Hall
Slaves of Obsession: A William Monk Novel
Growth Marks
The Western Star: A Longmire Mystery
Find Her
Birds of Prey
Playing with Fire
Snobbery with Violence
Sunset Limited
The Lion and the Rose
Be Buried in the Rain
An Extravagant Death
Death in Focus
You Will Never Be Me
The Vanishing Man
The Shadows We Hide
The Pure in Heart
Brain Damage
A Perfect Storm
Land of Wolves: A Longmire Mystery
And Justice There Is None
Take Out
Cleaning the Gold: A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story
The Old Success: A Richard Jury Mystery
This Is What Happened
Dr. Death: An Alex Delaware Novel
Master and God
The Bombay Prince
Death of a Prankster
The Key to Rebecca
Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions
The Flower Master
Bones to Ashes
Goldengirl
The Comforts of Home
I Know Who You Are
A Birthday Lunch
Abduction of a Slave
Heartstones
In a Gilded Cage
Better to Rest
Lie Down with Lions
Treasure State
The 6:20 Man
Caught
The Thief
A Tap on the Window
The Spiteful Shadow
Beyond Reach: A Novel
The Seagull
In Sunshine or in Shadow
I'll Keep You Safe
Storm Track
An Inside Job
The Girls in the Garden
A Case of Spirits
The Unheard
Rage: An Alex Delaware Novel
Falco: The Official Companion
Ring In the Dead: A J. P. Beaumont Novella
Nightblind
The Mist in the Mirror
Breakup
Mad Hatter's Holiday
Bleeding Heart Yard
Fire and Ice
Remains of Innocence
One Was a Soldier
Sudden Prey
Agatha Raisin and Tthe Haunted House
Hide
A Capitol Death
The Codex
Wolf Pack
Big Little Lies
Execution Dock: A William Monk Novel
Shadows Reel
The Mysterious North
Catch Me When I Fall
Skeleton Canyon
The Alphabet House
Murder Being Once Done
Whisper to the Blood
There Will Be Bodies
Blowback
Above the Bay of Angels
Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Jolie Blon's Bounce
The Secret Encounter
Pentecost Alley
The Spirit Woman
Cover Her Face
The Theory of Death
The Flood
Restless in the Grave
Wish You Were Dead: Quick Reads
Common Murder
How to Solve Your Own Murder
The King Arthur Case: A Brittany Mystery
The Fly on the Wall
Improbable Cause
Point of Origin
The Target
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation
Broken Promise
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Dead in the Water
Defend and Betray: A William Monk Novel
Walking Shadows
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
The Burning
The Dead Ringer: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
The Widows of Malabar Hill
Isle of Dogs
A Truth to Lie For
The Gift: A Christmas Thriller Novelette
Want You Dead
A Prayer for the Damned
The Scarred Woman
How to Raise an Elephant
The Jewels of Paradise
The Woman on the Island: A Vera Stanhope Short Story
The Finisher
Pirate King
Red Eye: Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch
The Levee
Molly Murphy Series: Books 1-15
Freeze Frame
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Tin Roof Blowdown
This Dark Road to Mercy
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
A Royal Pain
Invisible Prey
No Fixed Line
Half of Paradise
The God of the Woods
High Country
The Maharani's Pearls: A Bess Crawford Story
Booked for Murder
The Scam
A Room Full of Bones
The Stone Circle
Madame Tessier Knows All
Help the Poor Struggler
Street Dreams
The Imposter: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
The Neon Rain
Standing in Another Man's Grave
The Deep Dark Descending
Killing Moon: A Harry Hole Novel
Thunderhead
Thale's Folly
Left You Dead
The Case Has Altered: A Richard Jury Mystery
Come Death and High Water
Cruel and Unusual
Nobody's Fool
Invisible Girl
The Castlemaine Murders
The Birthday Present
Extraction

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Brin J. Johnson
“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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