Knave of Diamonds: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

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Mary Russells allegiances are tested by the reappearance of her long-lost uncleand a tantalizing case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve.

When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasnt heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his neer-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhereuntil he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is back, and with a load of problems for his clever niece. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: He was involvedsomehowin the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from an impregnable safe in Dublin Castle.

It was a theft that shook a government, enraged a king, threatened the English establishmentand baffled not only the Dublin police and Scotland Yard, but Sherlock Holmes himself. And, now, Jake expects Russell to step into the middle of it all To slip away with him, not telling Holmes what shes up to Knowing that the theftunsolved, hushed-up, scandalousmust have involved Mycroft Holmes as well

Naturally, she can do nothing of the sort. Siding with her uncle, even briefly, could only place her in opposition to both her husband-partner and his secretive and powerful brother. She has to tell Jake no.

On the other hand, this is Jakeher fathers kid brother, her childhood hero, the beloved and long-lost survivor of a much-diminished family.

Conflicting loyalties and international secrets, blatant lies and blithe deceptions: sounds like another case for Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.