Wow, what a book with all the research done to be able to set it in a period of time with all the nuances of each person and environment. Laurie R. K..Show More »ing is truly an artist and love listening to Mary and her experiences with Sherlock. Not just anyone could spin such tales to continue to interest us in the continuing life and times of Holmes and then to add Mary with all her past and future. Just keep'm coming.

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Like others in this series, the author and reader offer tale and listening experience that draws you in and keeps you there. King's descriptions and d..Show More »evelopment of the story team well with characters that seem real. My only criticism is that Ms. Sterlin's Holmes doesn't seem to quite hit the mark but, that might just be from watching too much Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett (smile). I heartily recommend the series. Now that more are available, try to follow the sequence if you can, starting with the Bee Keeper's Apprentice. You'll have many hours of listening enjoyment.

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This is a rambling atmospheric tale in which the landscape of the moor is the most prominent character. If that kind of setting circa 1923 appeals to ..Show More »you (or appeals enough) to continue the Russell-Holmes saga, download it --Otherwise skip to the next in the series (O Jerusalem or Justice Hall, depending on how you reckon "next"). Ms King's ability to make descriptions of Russell and Holmes plodding along in fog interesting amazes me, but still this is not the strongest novel in the series to me.

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and like to imaginitvely explore the geography (physical and spiritual) of the holy land circa 1919, then you will love this.

I agree wit..Show More »h other reviewers that this is not for those who want a fast-paced, straight forward mystery.

I love the narration; in fact, I don't think I'd enjoy reading this series. But I can see that the very distinctive style is one that listeners will either love or hate, especially if they discovered this series first in print.

A bonus: This fiction can actually help you better understand the Middle East and the aftermath of WWI - It sent me to listening to "Paris 1919" once I'd finished.

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This is my favorite detective series; the writing is superb and the narrator is perfect. This is currently the only one available on Audible, however..Show More », and although the book can stand on its own as a complete story, it is a richer experience to listen to them in chronological order. Assuming Audible will make the rest of the series available soon, the order is: Beekeeper's Apprentice, O Jerusalem, Monstrous Regiment of Women, A Book of Mary, The Moor, and Justice Hall last. (This is not the order in which they were written, but the order in which they take place.)

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I have read several installments in this series (not in order), but this is my least favorite. Perhaps because Holmes and Russell are taken away from..Show More » their usual haunts of Sussex and London, or perhaps because the secondary characters just weren't engaging. Starlin delivers, as always, but this volume isn't on par with the rest of the series.

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I have read all of the short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Sherlock Holmes in the Strand, I have seen every movie that I could find ..Show More »about Holmes, I have read other author's that have written about Holmes, and I even countinue to watch the British T.V. series about Sherlock Holmes...needless to say I am a Holmes Buff, and I can pick out a phony in a second (in my eyes a phony is someone that writes about Holmes but has not done their home work about him and his manorizisms)...
Laurie King should be considered the reincarnated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!!!
Laurie hits the essence of Sherlock Holmes out of the park, and it feels as though I am listening to Doyle tell new stories about Holmes and his new apprentice.
These audiobooks are great whether you are a Holmes reader or not and I highly recommend this story and any others written by Laurie King to anyone that loves mystery, suspense, and a little brain work also!

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I don't think anyone new to the characters (Russell along with King's casting of M & S Holmes) would find this a 5 star listen, but King fans may. The..Show More »re's not much new to the characters, but after a slow start, there is enough atmosphere and winding plot to completely absorb the listener.

You need not have read part 1 - "The Language of Bees" because that plot is nicely summarized in bits distributed through the first quarter of the present work; however, I think to appreciate this listen you need to have gotten to know Mary Russell and the aging Holmes through at least a couple of the previous instalments. Also, you must like Sterlin's narration style because more characters wind their way into the tale than usual.

I think this the strongest in the series next to the first book, "The Beekeeper's Apprentice."

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Well written descriptions of irrelevant story of an implied intrigue. Holmes doesn't even appear until 2/3 of the way through. Missing the essential H..Show More »olmes-Russell story telling. Missing any sense of real intrigue until chapter 34 or so. Read all the other Mary Russell books but skip this one. A long way down from the emotional depth of the last 3 books. Humor lies flat because the story is so often full of pointless detail, I found myself not caring much about any of the characters or the plot. Nope, skip this one.

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If The Moor and The Game are your favourites in the Russell-Holmes series, you're more likely to enjoy this tale set in Morocco. This was the first b..Show More »ook in this seres I found unengaging. In several spots, especially in first half, the writing was uneven, with pedantic (though interesting) backstory/history and some VERY clunky dialogue.

I was at first ecstatic to see Robert Ian Davies as co-narrator, but this turned out to be one of my favourite narrators at his worst. Sterlin was, as usual, very good

We already know Mary is inventive when escaping from dungeons, so can we get back to some clever sleuthing and Russell-Holmes banter? And preferably in England, please? I think the desert heat is getting to Sherlock and Russell because they are not as sharp as usual. I love Global Gumshoe series, and perhaps King is trying to do her part to help us better understand Islam, but that is not what King does best.

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