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Title: MREG is an LRK value-vehicle, but a good read
Review: This mystery isn't as fast-paced as many, and it's rather obvious Margery Childe's sermons are a vehicle for some of Laurie King's own beliefs. However, King writes beautifully and evokes the era with great skill. The tension between Holmes and Russell, caused by Russ's doubts about their relationship, threads throughout the book and effectively links the first, shocking hansom-cab scene to the eventual dock scene. I did approve of the eventual turn R&H's relationship took. A 40-year age difference is cause for an initial squirm or two, but it really isn't as though Holmes was eighty-five. And, hopeless romantic sap that I am, Holmes and Russ make me melt. ;) Not really a purist book, but the purists can stay in the nineteenth century. Thank you.
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