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Bezig met laden... Island of the Mad (Mary Russell, Book 15) (editie 2018)door Laurie R. King (Auteur), Jenny Sterlin (Verteller), Recorded Books (Publisher)
Informatie over het werkIsland of the Mad door Laurie R. King
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) thebacklistbook | Jun 24, 2023 |   ) AnneMarie2463 | Mar 31, 2023 | Not Mary Russell, of course, blessed as she is with inherited money, intelligence, determination and a husband who respects her. But other women in this novel are not so fortunate, and their circumstances form much of the richly textured plot. Through that plot and the actual historical figures she integrates into the story, King also addresses issues of gender identity and sexual preference in the Jazz Age, a theme also present in another of my recent reads. This one begins with Russell and Holmes relaxing at their Sussex home, but quickly picks up speed as Mary answers a plea from an old friend to help locate her aunt, gone missing from the dreaded insane asylum Bedlam. Before long the plot has the couple in Venice, where Sherlock assists Mary in hunting down Aunt Vivian, while also performing reconnaissance on the growing power of Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts on behalf of his politico brother Mycroft. The two themes coincide (of course!) with the assistance of Cole Porter and Elsa Maxwell, whose gifts for music and party-giving, respectively, become cornerstones of the plot. I'm now only two books behind in the series, and based on a bit of foreshadowing of upcoming plots and themes, I'm looking forward to catching up. These books are just a lot of fun. (  ) BarbKBooks | Aug 15, 2022 | READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION! ( ) MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 | READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION! ( ) MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes untangle the slippery threads of insanity and deadly secrets as they investigate a disappearance in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called "the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today." A June summer's evening, on the Sussex Downs, in 1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are strolling across their orchard when the telephone rings: an old friend's beloved aunt has failed to return following a supervised outing from Bedlam. After the previous few weeks--with a bloody murder, a terrible loss, and startling revelations about Holmes--Russell is feeling a bit unbalanced herself. The last thing she wants is to deal with the mad, and yet, she can't say no. The Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in one asylum after another, yet she seemed to be improving--or at least, finding a point of balance in her madness. So why did she disappear? Did she take the family's jewels with her, or did someone else? The Bedlam nurse, perhaps? The trail leads Russell and Holmes through a lunatic asylum's stony halls to the warm Venice lagoon, where ethereal beauty is jarred by Mussolini's Blackshirts, where the gilded Lido set may be tempting a madwoman, and where Cole Porter sits at a piano, playing with ideas.."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.93)
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