Justice Hall - (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes) by Laurie R King (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort dies amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since 's not until Holmes and Russell arrive at Justice Hall, a home of unearthly perfection set in a garden modled on Paradise, that they fully understand the irony echoed in the family motto, Justica fortitudo mea est: Righteousness is my strength. A trail of ominous clues leads Holmes and Russell from English hamlet to fashionable Paris to the wild prairie of the New World the moment of reckoning approaches, will justice be done ... or have they been lured straight into an elusive killer's perfectly baited trap."--Back cover.

Book Synopsis

Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one murky riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door . . . literally.

It's a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since. But it's not until Holmes and Russell arrive at Justice Hall, a home of unearthly perfection set in a garden modeled on Paradise, that they fully understand the irony echoed in the family motto, Justicia fortitudo mea est: "Righteousness is my strength."

A trail of ominous clues comprise a mystery that leads 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 Holmes and Russell catch an elusive killer--or has the murderer caught them?

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King.

Review Quotes

"Fascinating."--Orlando Sentinel

"A spellbinding mystery...superb."--Washington Post

"Audacious...Mary Russell is never less than fascinating company."--Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novels Touchstone and The Bones of Paris, and the acclaimed A Darker Place, Folly, and Keeping Watch. She lives in Northern California.