The lantern's dance : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
(Large Print)
Author
Published
[Waterville, Maine] ; Thorndike Press, [2024].
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9798885797719
Physical Desc
463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Published
[Waterville, Maine] ; Thorndike Press, [2024].
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9798885797719
Notes
Description
"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caught up in a case that turns both bewildering and intensely personal. After their recent adventures in Transylvania, Russell and Holmes look forward to spending time with Holmes' son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But when they arrive at Damian's house, they discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. Holmes rushes after Damian while Russell, slowed down by a recent injury, stays behind to search the empty house. In Damian's studio, she discovers four crates packed with memorabilia related to Holmes' grand-uncle, the artist Horace Vernet. It's an odd mix of treasures and clutter, including a tarnished silver lamp with a rotating shade: an antique yet sophisticated form of zoetrope, fitted with strips of paper whose images dance with the lantern's spin. In the same crate is an old journal written in a nearly impenetrable code. Intrigued, Russell sets about deciphering the intricate cryptograph, slowly realizing that each entry is built around an image--the first of which is a child, bundled into a carriage by an abductor, watching her mother recede from view. Russell is troubled, then entranced, but each entry she decodes brings more questions. Who is the young woman who created this elaborate puzzle? What does she have to do with Damian, or the Vernets--or the threat hovering over the house? The secrets of the past appear to be reaching into the present. And it seems increasingly urgent that Russell figure out how the journal and lantern are related to Damian--and possibly to Sherlock Holmes himself. Could there be things about his own history that even the master detective does not perceive?"--Provided by publisher.
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | LT FICTION KING | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction - New | KING | Checked Out |
Roxbury Library - Adult Fiction - New | LT FICTION KING | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Antiques -- Fiction.
Cipher and telegraph codes -- Fiction.
Cryptography -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Russell, Mary -- (Fictitious character), -- 1900- -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women private investigators -- Fiction.
Cipher and telegraph codes -- Fiction.
Cryptography -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
France -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Russell, Mary -- (Fictitious character), -- 1900- -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women private investigators -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
King, L. R. (2024). The lantern's dance: a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)King, Laurie R.. 2024. The Lantern's Dance: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)King, Laurie R.. The Lantern's Dance: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Thorndike Press, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)King, Laurie R.. The Lantern's Dance: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2024.
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