DREAMING SPIES: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE FEATURING MARY RUSSELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES
Book ID/图书代码： 12731115B77925
English Summary/英文概要： Laurie R. King’s New York Times bestselling novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are critically acclaimed and beloved by readers for the author’s adept interplay of history and adventure. Now the intrepid duo is finally trying to take a little time for themselves—only to be swept up in a baffling case that will lead them from the idyllic panoramas of Japan to the depths of Oxford’s most revered institution.
After a lengthy case that had the couple traipsing all over India, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are on their way to California to deal with some family business that Russell has been neglecting for far too long. Along the way, they plan to break up the long voyage with a sojourn in southern Japan. The cruising steamer Thomas Carlyle is leaving Bombay, bound for Kobe. Though they’re not the vacationing types, Russell is looking forward to a change of focus—not to mention a chance to travel to a location Holmes has not visited before. The idea of the pair being on equal footing is enticing to a woman who often must race to catch up with her older, highly skilled husband.
Aboard the ship, intrigue stirs almost immediately. Holmes recognizes the famous clubman the Earl of Darley, whom he suspects of being an occasional blackmailer: not an unlikely career choice for a man richer in social connections than in pounds sterling. And then there’s the lithe, surprisingly fluent young Japanese woman who befriends Russell and quotes haiku. She agrees to tutor the couple in Japanese language and customs, but Russell can’t shake the feeling that Haruki Sato is not who she claims to be.
Once in Japan, Russell’s suspicions are confirmed in a most surprising way. From the glorious city of Tokyo to the cavernous library at Oxford, Russell and Holmes race to solve a mystery involving international extortion, espionage, and the shocking secrets that, if revealed, could spark revolution—and topple an empire.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 劳拉•R•金的纽约时代畅销小说《梦幻间谍》，是一部以玛丽•罗素和她的丈夫夏洛克•福尔摩斯为主角的嫌疑小说。《梦幻间谍》颇受赞誉，读者们也非常喜欢劳拉对历史和冒险故事之间的相互结合。现在这对夫妻终于可以有点自己的时间了，他们原本还在风景如画的日本，可又因为一桩棘手的案子来到了牛津最令人敬畏的机构中。
玛丽•罗素和夏洛克•福尔摩斯刚刚跨越整个印度处理完一桩耗时极长的案子，终于能前往加利福尼亚处理一些罗素已经忽略很久的家庭事务了。他们准备途中顺道去日本南部旅游放松一番。邮轮“汤姆斯•克莱尔”号由孟买出发，前往神户。虽然罗素和福尔摩斯都不太像会去旅行的人，但罗素一直在寻找一个机会能改变一下关注的重心，能和丈夫去一个他从未到过的地方更是个不错的选择。福尔摩斯比罗素年长得多，破案技巧上也高出很多，所以能和丈夫站到一个平等的地位上对罗素是非常有吸引力的。当他们一登上“汤姆斯•克莱尔”号，一场阴谋就此展开。福尔摩斯在船上认出了著名的花花公子——达利伯爵，福尔摩斯怀疑他是一名勒索犯，对于一个社会关系比手上财富多的人来说这并没什么奇怪的。随后，有一个年轻的日本女人同意当这对夫妻的导游，教他们日本的语言和习俗，但罗素始终记不住她的日本名字是佐藤遥希。
到了日本后，罗素的疑虑马上就被证实了。从繁华的东京街头到牛津空旷的图书馆，罗素和福尔摩斯在拼尽全力解开一桩涉及国际勒索和间谍的案件，谜底一旦揭开，就有可能引发革命，动摇整个帝国。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：对于劳拉•R•金获奖作品的褒奖
“金所写作的系列成功之处在于她完整保留了福尔摩斯性格的完整性，又辅以一个女性角色，而她的机智、果断、和灵敏也足够成为福尔摩斯的妻子和挚爱。”——《华盛顿邮报》
“当今悬疑小说中最具想象力的作品。”——里•查德
“生动的冒险故事配以智慧的人物设定。”——《纽约时代报》
“《梦幻间谍》是对福尔摩斯人物故事重新设定的最好作品。”——《休斯顿纪事报》
“情节紧密，环环相扣。”——《书目》
“有想象力，敏感而微妙。”——《西雅图时代报》
“爱不释手。”——《浪漫时代报》
“非常吸引人。”——《波士顿时代报》
Praise for the award-winning novels of Laurie R. King
“The great marvel of King’s series is that she’s managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes’s character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart.”—The Washington Post Book World
“The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.”—Lee Child
“A lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company.”—The New York Times
“Erudite, fascinating . . . by all odds the most successful re-creation of the famous inhabitant of 221B Baker Street ever attempted.”—Houston Chronicle
“Intricate clockworks, wheels within wheels.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Imaginative and subtle.”—The Seattle Times
“Impossible to put down.”—Romantic Times
“Remarkably beguiling.”—The Boston Globe
Key Selling Points for Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series:
• HUGE SALES: With more than 2.5 million copies sold, the Russell/Holmes series is one of the most successful detective series in history!
• CONSISTENT BESTSELLER: The Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series has landed King in the top twenty of the New York Times bestseller list for eight straight titles, with Garment of Shadows, her most recent Russell/Holmes mystery, debuting at #9 on the list!
• CRITIC’S DARLING: King gets rave reviews for each of her Russell / Holmes novels, and her fan bases are among the most rabid in suspense. Booklist refered to this as a "uniformly superlative series."
About the Author/作者介绍： 劳拉•R•金是纽约时代周刊的畅销作家，目前已创作了13本“玛丽•罗迷案”系列小说，还有5部以凯特•马丁内利为主角的现代小说，其中包括史蒂文森和格蕾小说、《试金石》、《巴黎的骨头》、知名的《一个更黑暗的地方》、《荒唐事》和《沉睡的青春》。劳拉现居于加利福尼亚北部。
Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, and the acclaimed novels THE BONES OF PARIS, A DARKER PLACE, FOLLY, KEEPING WATCH, and TOUCHSTONE. She lives in Northern California.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK/BC: Allison & Busby
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