Island of the mad : a Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

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Call Number: Mystery / King, Laurie, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Historical / King, Laurie R.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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"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.."-- Provided by publisher.

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Venetian Escapades submitted by sdunav on July 10, 2018, 11:42am In this 15th book in the Russell & Holmes series, our heroes travel to Venice and meet Cole Porter and some of Mussolini's black shirts. The mystery includes some interesting descriptions of Bedlam (aka Bethlehem), gender norms, and mental health care in the 1920's. It's a fun read if not the strongest in the series.

Not Amazing submitted by thesrays on August 6, 2022, 3:54pm I love Venice (read Donna Leon if you haven't discovered her yet!), and have enjoyed the other books in this series, but felt this one fell flat...although the portion taking place in England was interesting (as the other reviewer mentioned...I enjoyed the inside look at Bedlam's transformation from its horrific early years into a compassionate caretaking facility for the mentally ill). This book gets a pass from me.