![]() ![]() Hudson and Holmes fear for her life, and Holmes sets off on a desperate hunt to discover more about the man he has identified as Samuel Hudson. After this shocking confrontation at the Holmes farm in Sussex, Russell disappears, leaving behind a knife and a trail of blood-and one crucial object that offers Holmes a clue to the intruder’s identity. Russell, at home alone on a spring day, answers her door to a stunning surprise-a rough-and-tumble Australian who claims, with proofs that Russell cannot deny, that he is her landlady’s son. ![]() Hudson and her longstanding companion, Billy, are party to the new possibility of life separate from their relationship with the famous detective and his wife, Mary Russell. By the end of this fast-moving story, Mrs. ![]() King has taken off at full speed on an imaginative if totally far-fetched construction of Clara (or is it Clarissa?) Hudson’s past that creates a whole new storyline and even sets readers up for an exciting sequel. Hudson has a lot more to her than sweeping up after Holmes or bringing his breakfast. Fans of the series who’ve bought into the fiction that Holmes would’ve ever married in the first place must now further adapt to the idea that the loyal Mrs. King’s latest Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell mystery, The Murder of Mary Russell. Sherlock Holmes groupies will need to adjust their sights while reading Laurie R. ![]()
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