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Violence
A lot
A sustained threat to both Russell and Holmes; some violence; chase thriller structure
Language
Some
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific terror of being hunted by an intelligence equal to your own; Russell and Holmes separated and each trying to protect the other without knowing where the other is
What this book is about
In the immediate aftermath of the events of 'The Language of Bees,' Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell are separated and hunted across England and Europe by an adversary who is both brilliant and murderous. The novel is the second half of a diptych — it picks up exactly where the previous book ended — and the urgency of the chase structure drives a narrative that is faster and darker than most entries in the series. Laurie R. King's tenth Russell/Holmes novel has less room for the historical atmosphere and intellectual puzzles that characterize the series; the focus is survival.
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tenth Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes novel by Laurie R. King; sequel to The Language of Bees
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