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Nineteen-year-old Mary Russell is not the sort of young lady you'd be likely to find in England in 1917. No, indeed. Few ladies of the day were multilingual; few could throw a knife with deadly accuracy or flip a grown man on his back. But Mary's unusual talents prove useful once again in this new Russell-Holmes adventure, which picks up just weeks after the Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994) drew to a close. Disguising themselves as Arabs, Russell and her mentor, Sherlock Holmes, enter the thick of things in Palestine, where a British military government is trying to maintain stability in the face of rising discontent. Adding to the chaos is a ruthless murderer, as devious and deadly as any Russell and Holmes have ever encountered. With two British agents to guide them, the detective duo follows the villain's convoluted trail into Jerusalem, right to the Dome of the Rock. Clever complications and atmospheric details abound, and once again King's considerable talent makes history virtually leap off the page. With the feminist heroine chronicling events and the cerebral detective stirring the pot, readers can't lose
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