Locked Rooms: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes - Laurie R. King

nA truly bravura performance with] all the magnetic appeal of the best of the original Conan Doyle novels.--The Strand Magazine nEn route to San Francisco to settle her family's estate, Mary Russell, in the company of husband Sherlock Holmes, falls prey to troubling dreams--and even more troubling behavior. In 1906, when Mary was six, the city was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake. For years Mary has insisted she lived elsewhere at the time. But Holmes knows better. n nSoon it is clear that whatever unpleasantness Mary wanted to forget hasn't forgotten her. A series of mysterious deaths leads Russell and Holmes from the winding streets of Chinatown to the unspoken secrets of a parent's marriage and the tragic accident that Mary alone survived. What Russell discovers is that even a forgotten past never dies... and it can kill again.n