Hudson’s past is rearing its ugly head as well as its elegant one, and she finds herself suspected of a murder. Hudson, who now appears as a woman of elegance and sophistication, will need Mary’s help and eventually Sherlock’s, too. Hudson so quickly, but she saves their reunion for when they’re alone. Mary shows great restraint when she’s surprised to find Mrs. Gerald and Sara Murphy have created an artistic haven for creative minds, which in itself is an amazing story.Īnd, the Murphys gathering on the beach with friends is where Mary, on her first full day on the French Riviera, runs into Mrs. The gatherings at the Murphys are a who’s who in young artists and writers of that time-Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. It is the Jazz Age (1920s) and the time of the Lost Generation, so it’s a time of great change and new direction. Mary arrives in the south of France and meets the Murphys, Gerald and Sara, who have a home in Antibes, where Mary and her friends are staying at a hotel. Hudson traveled when she left Sussex and England forever. Mary has an ulterior motive for the trip, as she thinks it is to Monaco Mrs. Terry and his gang for the south of France. Having finished their business in Venice (Island of the Mad), Sherlock takes off for Romania, but Mary joins in the sailing party with her good friend the Hon.
I recommend that you read that book before this one. Hudson that this latest entry into the series goes, with the background being set up in the next-to-last book, The Murder of Mary Russell. It is the fascinating past and present of Mrs. Hudson is given an adventurous past with surprisingly unsavory elements. In the broadened world of Russell and Holmes, Mrs.
The settings in the series have taken us from England to Jerusalem to Japan, and in Riviera Gold, we travel to the south of France and Monaco.Īlso included in the author’s extended world for Sherlock Holmes is the shaping of a life for the ubiquitous, but seemingly invisible, Mrs. Laurie King has created an exciting extension of the Sherlock Holmes stories, giving him a young wife, who is equal to the challenge of solving mysteries and curbing the criminal element. This series has inspired so many readers to expand their enjoyment of the Sherlock Holmes adventures. For those of us who are rabid fans, or BEEKS, it is one of the reading events we live for. A new Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes book from Laurie King is always a cause for celebration.
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