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Moor
Moor | Laurie R King
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In re-creating Sherlock Holmes in previous books as an adjunct to her chief protagonist, Mary Russell, King has set the couple's adventures in a milieu consistent with her own creation and, although true to the place and period, independent of Conan Doyle's work. Holmes has been invited by his old friend the Rev. Baring-Gould to look into not only an unexplained death on the moor but, more important in the ancient cleric's mind, sightings of a phantom coach on the moor - possibly inhabited by a phantom noblewoman and accompanied by some phantom dogs. Holmes, in turn, pulls Mary from her studies at Oxford, enlists her in the quest, and finds himself taking a second seat to her endeavors. True to their expectations on the forbidding and difficult moor, the rumors have a real-world explanation, but it is one that combines more wild emotion, surprise, and frightening suspense than any ghost story could.
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Verity
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Atmospheric tale of Dartmoor, mixing real people and fiction. I remain sceptical of the age difference here, but I do think the author is handling it well. Very readable.

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Verity
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Sunday evening reading

Tamra What an amazing cover! 3y
Verity @Tamra the UK covers are so attractive aren‘t they. 3y
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Gnora
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1. Current Read: 1 print & 1 audio
2. Been longest on my TBR: Since April 2013
3. Book I can't wait to read: I'm sorry I didn't pick this one for BOTM
4. Book I will never read: I've tried it twice, not happening :c

#questionsandanswers

Tove_Reads Thanks for playing! 4y
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AbbaZabba02
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Book 90 of the year, finished Oct 24, audio

Back to Mary and Sherlock. I really enjoy these stories.

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Plaidsticks
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I‘ve listened to the first few of this series, but the library doesn‘t have them all in audio, so instead I read with the narrators voice in my head. #cottoncandyreads

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StephanieMarie
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#Booked2019 Female detective. I've been really enjoying Laurie R. King's Mary Russell. Mary is such a likeable and dynamic character! In this one Sherlock returns to Baskerville Hall with Mary along.

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Cinfhen Sounds like fun 5y
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Glad to be back in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes world once again! In this fourth book of the series, Russell and Holmes are back to the moors - the site of Sherlock‘s original case of The Hound of the Baskervilles - to solve a similar type of mystery.

This book had an incredible sense of place; the moor itself was a main characters. The atmospheric nature of the book and the growth of the characters made it a recommend for me!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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erzascarletbookgasm
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I absolutely love my #conandoyleswap gifts from @Crewgurl ! You are a super stalker; I look forward to read these books, the mug is fabulous and I love everything else. Thank you so much, you did great, you are awesome! ❤️😘

Thanks for organising this @Beckykearns

batsy Great gifts!! 😍 6y
Crewgurl Yay!!! I‘m glad you like everything! I love all of those books and I hope you do too!!! 6y
BeckyK What a great package 😍 6y
MaureenMc Loved all three books! 😍 6y
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ElenaBaer
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I am enjoying this series. Thought I might stop since the third was meh. But this one is doing well. I also read the original Sherlock Holmes Hounds of Baskerville first. (Reading in the car during soccer practice.)

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colleenreadswithcats
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I love this series!! Mary Russell is my hero.

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Angeles
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The narrator of the audio book is great and I love the descriptions and the relationship between Sherlock and his wife Russell. Still the mystery portion of the book drags a bit and it is not enough of a page-turner. I still would recommend the audio version just because I enjoyed the narrator so much.

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Moor | Laurie R King
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Ran across a copy in the thrift store for $1. Obviously, it had to come home with me.

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