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May 22 marks Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 157th birthday. Doyle is most well-known for creating Sherlock Holmes, one of literature’s finest sleuths! They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and given the sheer number of Sherlock-inspired works...

HARDCOVER RELEASES The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. King (Picador)  In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles...

     I’m thrilled Laurie R. King is our guest today sharing a bit of Japan with us. Even more thrilled and excited that she’s written Dreaming Spies, a new Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes book. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are on the steamer Thomas...

Or, Miss Mary Russell, as she prefers to be known. I’ve now read four of the books in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, by Laurie R. King, and I’m still enjoying them. I was a bit dubious about the concept of Sherlock Holmes having...

I've misplaced my NOOK again! I have to say, the biggest disadvantage of the one-touch is that it's so easy for me to lose it; it's very lightweight and easy to carry. This had not struck me as a disadvantage while I was reading it... I need to finish...