The Murder of Mary Russell is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by Laurie R. King
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: King, Laurie R., author.
Title: The murder of Mary Russell : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes / Laurie R. King.
Description: New York : Bantam Books, 2016. | Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes ; 10
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045500 (print) | LCCN 2015048314 (ebook) | ISBN 9780804177900 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780804177917 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Russell, Mary (Fictitious character), 1900—Fiction. | Women private investigators—England—Fiction. | Holmes, Sherlock—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Psychological. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction. | Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3561.I4813 M87 2016 (print) | LCC PS3561.I4813 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045500
eBook ISBN 9780804177917
Book design by Caroline Cunningham, adapted for ebook
Cover design: Carlos Beltrán and Joe Montgomery
Cover photograph: © Collaboration JS/Arcangel Images
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