The Game

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

In the early days of 1924, Mary Russell and her husband, the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, are given an urgent task by his brother, Mycroft: find a British spy gone missing along India's northwest frontier, where men are dying and trouble is brewing. The spy's name? It is one Holmes knows from his sojourn in India long ago, and one Russell knows from a book. It is Kimball O'Hara, known to the world by the name Rudyard Kipling called him - Kim....

©2004 Laurie R. King (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd

Let me on the edge of my chair.

Hated to stop listening and always regret the end of these books! I now have to seek another one! Thank you thank you!

Wonderful storytelling!!

Fabulous, picturesque storytelling. I love the Mary Russell stories and this one is a true gem!

Makes the past come alive

Laurie R. King’s ability to recreate a historical place and time is extraordinary. She seldom glosses over details, but she doesn’t dwell on them unnecessarily either. She is less competent with the technology of the time, which becomes clear in the closing chapter of this book. Anyone with flying experience will recognize the lack of detail in the characters’ final escape. It could be argued that the characters themselves wouldn’t have been knowledgeable (or even observant) about their surroundings at that point. But that doesn’t line up with the meticulous attention to detail in every other part of the narrative. It leads one to the unfortunate conclusion that Ms. King might have had neither time for additional research nor perhaps the energy required to surround herself with all the minutiae of that environment and make it powerfully real for the reader as well. Regardless of that very small complaint, the rest of the book does make the India of that period a living place full of real people with lives and realities of their own, even the ones who are not central characters in the storyline. It deals sympathetically with the clashes between India and Great Britain, acknowledging England’s faults while not whitewashing those of India. It portrays the people of a wide variety of classes and occupations as real people, not just one-dimensional examples of a type. And it cleverly draws in one of literature’s great fictional characters and gives him a future and a much more complex personality than his original portrayal was able to accomplish. One of my favorites of the series.

The Game

Fantastic book..as always. Jenny Sterling, the narrator, continues to be an excellent guide in the journey of Holmes and Russell.

American accent needs work

The narrator does well except when it comes to American accents. It hurt my ears listening to her narrate the Americans speech in an indecipherable accent, not American, not British, not anything.

Excellent story telling.

The author really paints a picture of India. You can practically smell the place. The reading is exceptional.

Great Adventure

I’m working my way through this series and this is my favorite since the very first book. Very fun adventure!

I really don’t enjoy the narrator, but the entire series is done by her and it’s never been done again. The writing is worth bearing through the voice acting. But this may be a book I decide to get in paperback and enjoy even more in my own voice.

Another great Russell and Holmes story

Laurie King is a master storyteller. I could almost feel that I was in India taking trip with her. I could see and smell all of the sights with her. I winced when she was hurt and I thoroughly enjoyed the story.

Oh my gosh

Wow. I got so stressed listening to the things the Maharaja did and just wanted to shit him myself. I am sure there have been crazy people in power -yes I know there has been.

Intense and historically touching upon the past. Brilliant story.

Nail biting! Addictive ......Recommend

Mycroft ...... Maharaja..... spies....The British in India..... kidnapping......Magic
Shows..... the Dali lama ....The Himalayas....Tibet.....wild boar games...and an eclectic group of characters. A really wonderful story.Each book is so unique.
After writing this I’m going to ask Audible to
send the next one!