The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
The Art of Detection, Laurie R. King
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The Art of Detection

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Alyssa Mackenzie Bresnahan

Unabridged: 13 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2006

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. King captivates audiences with her irresistibly suspenseful novels. She has also won tremendous critical acclaim, earning Edgar, Creasey, Nero, and Macavity awards for her work. The Art of Detection is another spellbinding tale starring San Francisco homicide inspector Kate Martinelli. The victim is Sherlock Holmes aficionado Philip Gilbert, whose collection of priceless memorabilia is definitely worth killing for. It’s up to Kate and her trusted partner Al Hawkin to follow the clues and bring a rather peculiar murderer to Justice.

About Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A Monstrous Regiment of Women won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables, and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on January 09, 2016

To be honest, I read this book because of the connection to Sherlock Holmes. I do Love Laurie R. Kings books. But, I do prefer her Mary Russell series. Some day I may get to her Kate Martinelli series also. Now it's been some years since I read this book, but I remember that I found it quite interes......more

Goodreads review by Ralph on August 01, 2014

Once you get past the author's bigotry and racism, you have a fascinating situation that should appeal to fans of mysteries in general and Sherlock Holmes in particular. But some readers may not make it that far, seeing as how King's prejudices are put forward so forcibly in the beginning of the boo......more

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