The Game

A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

The seventh Mary Russell novel finds her searching for the missing Kimball O'Hara, the famous "Kim" of the Rudyard Kipling novel.

©2008 Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

This is a great series

Jenny Sterlin is a superstar reader, great story with a great narrator. I cannot wait to hear next in series

incredible Holmes

excellent narrator, suspenseful, page turner, believable, compassionate, historical, insightful, detailed description of places and people.

Amazing!

I highly recommend this astonishing story, beautifully told. Absolutely unforgettable in content and presentation.

Wonderful Detail

Laurie R King is a master of character development. One already knows Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes from the start of this series of novels, but with each successive novel we get to intimately know the other characters whose lives they encounter and impact. At the end, you feel like the characters are old friends.

Additionally, Ms King does a great job of placing you in the local of the time. I’ve not visited India but I feel like I know the environment as it existed in the 1920’s. I have visited some of the countries described in other novels, and I feel like I’m back in places I’ve seen.

Loved the surprise ending!

Fabulous

Bravo Laurie King and Jenny Sterlingen! Another exciting and fabulous adventure. I am loving this series.

One of Laurie King's best so far!

I am enthralled with this series, but The Game has been exceptionally good! Ms. King brings India to life with an interesting twist on the Kipling story. As always, Jenny Sterlin's narration is impeccable.

Amazing!

One of the best yet! Mary really comes into her own. Loved the Indian history info.

Good story

I really liked this story. If you liked the other books in this series, you will probably like this one. The narrator is awesome and the story kept me interested throughout the book.

Laurie R. King is a masterful storyteller

Her novels about the antics of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, supposedly taking place after his retirement yet he is unable to entirely give up his passion totally, and assists a young, female protege, are lovely, joyous romps through the Holmesian genre. Without missing a beat, King masters the tone and the temp - and the suspense - of each adventure and mystery Mary and Sherlock embark along together. Holmes never treats his protege as lesser-than, but as an equal, even though in the times of Holmes' storied career, women were thought to be feeble and frail things to hide away and keep safe from the horrors of the world. Instead, if anything, he pushes her harder - knowing her mind to be almost as close to the wonder of his mind: the great temple to the intricacies of seeing all, and deducing where clues will lead him next. He sees this same ability in Mary, and encourages it, if not goads her toward using the full capacity of her own lightning-quick deduction to solve the "games" set before them. This is a charming book, as is the "Beekeeper's Apprentice," "A Monstrous Regiment of Women" and others. Take a moment to hear Holmes as sharp as ever, except his capable partner, Watson, is replaced by a new voice: that of the very astute and intelligent Mary Russell.

The Best Mary Russell Yet!

By this stage of the game, I am Mary Russell and she is me! How I value this series, which is so richly researched and sensitively written! When Mary slayed the wild boar, I cheered! Deep intrigue in British India does not get better than this, especially when a hint of Bolshevism and a pinch of the black arts are thrown in for good measure. I laughed, I marveled, and I salute Laurie R. King for this magnificent masterpiece! Thanks too to Jenny Sterlin - a superb narrator.