from sleahey

In this slow-moving addition to the series featuring the wife of Sherlock Holmes, Mary Russell is called on to help Holmes get to the bottom of threats made on Queen Marie of Roumania. The queen is especially worried that her daughter is in danger, but it is Mary who ends up kidnapped when she at...

from Judiex

I almost gave up reading CASTLE SHADE because I really am not interested in reading about vampires and ghosts. I am glad I continued because they really do play a necessary role in this book as an explanation for some of the characters' actions. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are enroute to Ro...

from Beamis12

A series I've long admired. Sherlock Holmes of course, the man who always manages to pull the rabbit out of the air, make deductions from random, often to me, meaningless clues. Mary Russell, is all a worthy, interesting companion. This series is more than a mystery, combines elements of a travel...

from cyderry

Mary Russell has been persuaded by her husband Sherlock Holmes to join him at Castle Bran in Transylvania, Roumania to help figure who is threatening Queen Marie and her daughter. Are the threats political or personal? Is the Castle and its staff involved or just bystanders? Are the images portra...

from LadyoftheLodge

This book continues the story line of Mary Russell Holmes and her husband Sherlock Holmes, as a spinoff from the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories. In this latest edition, Mary assists her husband as they investigate mysterious happenings in Europe, reminiscent of the famous Dracula scenes of B...