The game laurie r king6/11/2023 ![]() Truly the rajah is the poster child for "idle hands are the devil's workshop". ![]() When we arrived (and it was, to me, "we" - as I said, the writing really comes alive off the page) at the maharajah's palace, the extraordinary excesses and luxury hide at first the rot underneath. Once we're in India though, the writing is so rich and illustrative and alive it's hard not to feel you're there with them, simultaneously fascinated and wishing to be somewhere.cleaner. Almost the entire first half is setting up the events to come and until Holmes' and Russell's arrival in India the reading is rather drab, although not completely dull. King is not in a hurry to set the scene and the story. I both loved and hated almost every page.Īs is typical of all the Mary Russell books (so far), Ms. My apologies to Moonlight Reader for letting down the side a bit. ![]() I finished this yesterday, but everyone and every thing conspired against me this weekend and I was unable to update/post except in 15 seconds bursts. ![]()
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