Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve Mary Russell mysteries (one of which, The Moor, was inspired in part by The Hound of the Baskervilles), five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, and the acclaimed novels A Darker Place, Folly, Keeping Watch, and Touchstone. She lives in Northern California.
The whole Sherlock Holmes saga is a triumphant illustration of art's supremacy over life. --Christopher Morley From the Trade Paperback edition.