Edgar-winning mystery writer Laurie R. King writes series and standalone novels. Her official forum is THE LRK VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB here on Goodreads—please join us for book-discussing fun. King's 2018 novel, Island of the Mad, sees Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes travel from London's Bedlam to the glitter of Venice's Lido,where Young Things and the friends of Cole Porter pass Mussolini's Blackshirts in the streets. The Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series follows a brilliant young woman who becomes the student, then partner, of the great detective. [click here for an excerpt of the first in the series, The Beekeeper's Apprentice] The Stuyvesant and Grey series (Touchstone; The Bones of Paris) takes place in Europe between the Wars. The Kate Martinelli series follows an SFPD detective's cases on a female Rembrandt, a holy fool, and more. [Click for an excerpt of A Grave Talent] King lives in northern California, which serves as backdrop for some of her books. Please note that Laurie checks her Goodreads inbox intermittently, so it may take some time to receive a reply. A quicker response may be possible via email to info@laurierking.com.
Series
Books
To Play the Fool
1995
Beekeeping for Beginners
2011
Naked Came the Phoenix
2001
The Lantern's Dance
2024
Keeping Watch
2003
The Mary Russell Companion
2014
The Marriage of Mary Russell
2016
O Jerusalem
1999
Mary's Christmas
2014
Back to the Garden
2022
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion
New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase
2008
Riviera Gold
2020
A Darker Place
1999
A Grave Talent
1993
Pirate King
2011
The God of the Hive
2010
Castle Shade
2021
Stately Holmes
2016
The Language of Bees
2009
Mary Russell's War And Other Stories of Suspense
2015
Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes
2013
My Thesis Being…
2013
The Bones of Paris
2013
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
1994
Island of the Mad
2018
Locked Rooms
2005
The Game
2004
Garment of Shadows
2012
The Art of Detection
2006
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
1995
Lockdown
2017
Mrs Hudson's Case
2012
Dreaming Spies
2015
Beginnings
2019
The Grand Game
A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship Volume One: 1902-1959
2011
A Letter of Mary
1996
The Moor
1998
Knave of Diamonds
2025
Folly
2001
Touchstone
2007
The Murder of Mary Russell
2016
Hellbender
2011
Justice Hall
2002
The Marriage of Billie Birdsong
2006
Mila's Tale
2014
The Mary Russell Series Books 1-4
The Beekeeper's Apprentice; A Monstrous Regiment of Women; A Letter of Mary; The Moor: The Beekeeper's Apprentice; ... of Mary; The Moor
2014
Night Work
2000
With Child
1996
