Island of the mad /
by King, Laurie R.
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BookPublisher: London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: 350 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780749022549 (hbk.) :; 074902254X (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Russell, Mary, (Fictitious character), 1900- -- Fiction | Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction | Crime | Crime | Detective and mystery storiesSummary: Following the revelations of Mrs Hudson's past and a commission of murder in the spring of 1925, Mary Russell receives word that one of her university friends - a devout feminist - has been committed to Bedlam mental hospital. Russell herself is feeling less than balanced, and the last thing she wants is to deal with the mad. However, she agrees to look into it when her friend escapes. The pursuit leads her across Europe to Venice and finally to the Poveglia Island, a lunatic asylum built on the bones of centuries of plague victims. Russell takes a deep breath, and follows - only to find that the lunatics may be in charge of the asylum, and nothing is quite as it seems.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002957527X |
"The intriguing new Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery"--Book jacket.
Following the revelations of Mrs Hudson's past and a commission of murder in the spring of 1925, Mary Russell receives word that one of her university friends - a devout feminist - has been committed to Bedlam mental hospital. Russell herself is feeling less than balanced, and the last thing she wants is to deal with the mad. However, she agrees to look into it when her friend escapes. The pursuit leads her across Europe to Venice and finally to the Poveglia Island, a lunatic asylum built on the bones of centuries of plague victims. Russell takes a deep breath, and follows - only to find that the lunatics may be in charge of the asylum, and nothing is quite as it seems.
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