Laurie R. King

b. 1952

1 series 10 books in order

Laurie R. King is an American novelist known for her 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series. Her novel The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was selected as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA. She has received numerous awards, including the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards. King holds an honorary doctorate in theology and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. She co-edited How to Write a Mystery with Lee Child and has a new contemporary series featuring SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing, beginning with Back to the Garden.

Born: 1952
Known for: Mary Russell

Series by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell

10 books in order · 1995–2010

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

1995 · Laurie R. King

A Monstrous Regiment of Women is the second novel in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King. After a difficult visit from her…
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A Letter of Mary

1998 · Laurie R. King

In this 1997 novel by Laurie King, an archeologist on a dig in 1920s Palestine discovers a letter purporting to come from a woman who was an apostle…
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The Moor

1999 · Laurie R. King

Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, investigate a death at Dartmoor and sightings of a phantom coach on the moor. The story takes place in…
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Beekeeper's Apprentice

1999 · Laurie R. King

In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is living a quiet life in Sussex, studying honeybees, when he meets Mary Russell, a 15-year-old girl who stumbles into his…
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O Jerusalem

2000 · Laurie R. King

In this 1999 novel, Mary Russell once again teams up with Sherlock Holmes as they are pursued by murderous strangers through the bazaars of 1918…
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Justice Hall

2002 · Laurie R. King

Justice Hall is the sixth book in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King. After returning from solving the mystery of The…
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The Game

2004 · Laurie R. King

Traveling incognito, Mary Russell and her spouse Sherlock Holmes head for India to search for a missing spy, the famous orphan who inspired Rudyard…
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Locked rooms

2005 · Laurie R. King

Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes travel to San Francisco to unlock the buried memory of a shocking crime with the power to kill again, a…
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The Language of Bees

2009 · Laurie R. King

In a 2009 novel by Laurie R. King, Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, return to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad. Their…
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The God of the Hive

2010 · Laurie R. King

In Laurie R. King's 2010 novel, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes find themselves on the run after thwarting a murderous cult. Separated and wanted by…
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How many books has Laurie R. King written?

We list 10 books by Laurie R. King across 1 series, published between 1995–2010 — each shown in full reading order.

What order should I read Laurie R. King's books?

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