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Justice Hall: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Contributor(s): King, Laurie R. (Author)
ISBN: 0553381717     ISBN-13: 9780553381719
Publisher: Bantam
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2009
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Annotation: Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door...literally.
It's a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since. But it's not until Holmes and Russell arrive at Justice Hall, a home of unearthly perfection set in a garden modeled on Paradise, that they fully understand the irony echoed in the family motto, "Justicia fortitudo mea est: ""Righteousness is my strength."
A trail of ominous clues leads Holmes and Russell from an English hamlet to fashionable Paris to the wild prairie of the New World. But as the moment of reckoning approaches, will justice be done...or have they been lured straight into an elusive killer's perfectly baited trap?
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical
Dewey: FIC
Series: Mary Russell Novels (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one murky riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door . . . literally.

It's a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since. But it's not until Holmes and Russell arrive at Justice Hall, a home of unearthly perfection set in a garden modeled on Paradise, that they fully understand the irony echoed in the family motto, Justicia fortitudo mea est: "Righteousness is my strength."

A trail of ominous clues comprise a mystery that leads from an English hamlet to the city of Paris to the wild prairie of the New World. The trap is set, the game is afoot; but can Holmes and Russell catch an elusive killer--or has the murderer caught them?

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King.