In this latest adventure featuring the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, "New York Times" bestselling author Laurie R. King takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films--where the pirates are real and the shooting isn't all done with cameras. In England's young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. Nevertheless, at the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate rumors of criminal activities that swirl around Fflytte's popular movie studio. So Russell is traveling undercover to Portugal, along with the film crew that is gearing up to shoot a cinematic extravaganza, "Pirate King." Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance, " the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation . . . or sink a boatload of careers. Nothing seems amiss until the enormous company starts rehearsals...
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2011-09-08
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Personligen fann jag inte storyn i klass med föregående böcker. Mycket för att "fallet" aldrig riktigt hamnade i centrum i boken och det var först framåt slutet som boken byte skepnad och blev till den deckare.
