![]() How else to explain what happened in 1987, with her daughter in second grade and her son off to preschool three days a week, when the 35-year-old found herself with an extra ten hours a week to herself? Perhaps Russell-and also Holmes-found her, instead of the other way around. Her stories about the fiercely independent Russell have succeeded in bringing Holmes to a new generation, made him a bit more human and, hard as it is to believe, even sexy. ![]() ![]() King wasn’t a big fan or even all that knowledgeable about Sherlock Holmes when she began her series about the brilliant Mary Russell, who becomes a partner in every way to the great detective.Īfter 12 novels in that series, the latest of which is Pirate King, King not only is a fan of Holmes, she’s also a recognized Sherlockian expert. It seems almost inconceivable, but Laurie R. If I can do that and also entertain, I feel I have done my job." ![]() "One of the duties of fiction is to be subversive, to undermine people's presumptions. ![]()
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