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Laurie R. King became the first novelist since Patricia Cornwell to win prizes for Best First Crime Novel on both sides of the Atlantic with the publication of her debut thriller, A Grave Talent. She is the bestselling author of four contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the award-winning Mary Russell series, and the bestselling novels A Darker Place, Folly, and Keeping Watch. She lives in northern California. Bantam will publish her next Russell and Holmes mystery in 2010.
May well be the best King has devised yet.... The sights, smells and ideas of India make interesting, evocative reading. --Publishers Weekly , starred review<br><br> A rousing adventure story made credible by the sheer force of its characters' personalities and the sharply realized details of their surroundings. Good historical fiction is as close as we'll ever get to time travel, and historical fiction doesn't get any better than this. --The Denver Post<br> <br> A wondrously taut mystery, ticking away like a malevolent clock. -- Booklist (starred review)<br><br> Splendid...perhaps the rippingest of all Russell's ripping tales. -- Seattle Times<br>
