Vicki Rock
“Garment of Shadows” by Laurie R. King, Bantam, 288 pages, $26.
This takes up the story where “Pirate King” left off. Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are in Morocco. Mary was last seen walking off into the desert with a child. Holmes is searching for her. When he finds her, she has suffered a head injury and has amnesia.
This is the latest in a series of novels set in the Middle East. I wish Russell and Holmes would get back to England. These stories aren’t as good as the early novels. The plot lines are not interesting and they do little deducing. At least Holmes is back to being a main character. He has played a minor role in the last few books.
