Laurie R King Books in Order

Newly promoted homicide detective Kate Martinelli is thrown into a child murder case that points toward a celebrated painter with a violent past. To solve it, Kate has to cut through art-world myth and buried damage.

In 1915, fifteen-year-old Mary Russell nearly stumbles over retired Sherlock Holmes on the Sussex Downs. Their wary friendship becomes an apprenticeship, and then a deadly case tests both their minds and their growing bond.

Mary Russell, now an Oxford graduate in theology, is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic feminist preacher and her secretive religious circle. The case forces Russell to choose between belief, independence, and her deepening attachment to Holmes.

A corpse in Golden Gate Park leads Kate Martinelli to Brother Erasmus, a holy fool who speaks only in quotations. The case winds through homelessness, theology, and revenge in one of King's strangest and richest investigations.

An ancient manuscript hinting at explosive early Christian history lands in Russell and Holmes's care just before its discoverer dies. Their investigation mixes murder, politics, and theology in one of Russell's most personal early cases.

Kate Martinelli reluctantly helps a twelve-year-old girl search for a missing homeless friend. When the child herself vanishes, the case turns urgent and painfully personal.

Professor Anne Waverly has a secret life infiltrating suspect religious groups for the FBI. Her newest assignment, inside an Arizona movement filled with children and alchemical beliefs, pulls her toward danger and old grief.

Holmes summons Russell to Dartmoor, where folklore, spectral sightings, and a fresh death echo the shadow of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The moor's bleak atmosphere turns an old legend into a fierce new mystery.

In 1918, Russell and Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under deep cover, posing as Bedouins while tensions simmer across the region. A string of murders draws them into a dangerous mission where politics and faith are inseparable.

An elderly paleta seller moves quietly through his neighborhood, seeing far more than anyone notices. When trouble surfaces, his memory and street-level knowledge make him an unexpected witness to what really happened.

Kate and Al investigate a series of murders that seem linked by abuse, vengeance, and a strange ritual pattern. The trail leads into feminist activism, private pain, and a killer with a carefully chosen target list.

After years of depression and self-destruction, Rae Newborn retreats to a remote island to rebuild her great-uncle's ruined house. The isolation offers healing, but the island's history and her own fears refuse to stay buried.

A wounded visitor from Russell and Holmes's past brings them to a grand estate scarred by wartime scandal. What begins as a family mystery widens into murder, old loyalties, and a chase stretching from England to Paris and beyond.

Allen Carmichael, a Vietnam veteran who rescues abused children, takes one last case before returning to Folly Island. The boy he saves may still be in danger, and the truth is darker than Allen expects.

In a future California reshaped by plague and the collapse of old society, women guard the few surviving men and hold fragile communities together. Warrior Dian faces strangers, politics, and a journey that could remake her world.

When Mycroft delivers the papers of Kimball O'Hara, the legendary spy from Kipling's world, Russell and Holmes head to India to find a vanished operative. Their search becomes a story of disguise, empire, and dangerous old secrets.

On the way to settle her family's estate in San Francisco, Mary is haunted by dreams and memories she has never fully trusted. Holmes must help her navigate murder, Chinatown, and the buried truth of her own childhood.

When a Sherlock Holmes scholar is murdered in a room built like 221B Baker Street, Kate Martinelli catches the case. A missing manuscript links the modern investigation to a Holmes tale hidden inside the novel.

In 1926 England, American agent Harris Stuyvesant seeks out damaged veteran Bennett Grey, whose uncanny sensitivity may help stop a political attack. The result is a tense mix of espionage, trauma, and interwar unrest.

Back in Sussex after months abroad, Russell and Holmes are pulled into a baffling case involving artist Damian Adler and his missing family. The search leads through madness, old betrayals, and dangers that cut close to Holmes himself.

Separated and hunted across Europe, Russell and Holmes race to outwit a secret organization with deep political reach. Coded messages, false identities, and shifting alliances keep this high-stakes case in constant motion.

Co-edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, this anthology gathers original Holmes-inspired stories from a wide range of crime and suspense writers. It is a playful, varied tribute to the canon rather than one single mystery.

This novella retells Mary Russell's first meeting with Sherlock Holmes from Holmes's own point of view. It adds wit, melancholy, and a fresh view of the partnership that began on the Sussex Downs.

A weary private investigator takes on what looks like a routine case and slips into a darker world of altered DNA and dangerous secrets. King gives the hardboiled form an eerie, urban-noir twist.

Mary Russell goes undercover in the young film industry, chaperoning actresses on an extravagant pirate movie that drifts from Lisbon toward Morocco. Behind the comedy and chaos, a more dangerous plot is taking shape.

Mary wakes in Morocco with blood on her hands, gaps in her memory, and soldiers at the door. To survive, she must move through unfamiliar streets and piece together who she was, and what she has done.

Co-written with Michelle Spring, this practical guide breaks down how crime and thriller fiction works, from ideas and research to plot and revision. Essays from other writers add extra tools and perspectives.

Co-written with Michelle Spring, this guide explores the crime and thriller genres from first idea to final rewrite. It combines practical advice, genre history, and essays from experienced crime writers.

This collection gathers King's essays and playful Sherlockian pieces on Holmes, Watson, chronology, beekeeping, and the wider Game. Part criticism and part affectionate performance, it is aimed at curious Holmes readers.

This short nonfiction volume collects Laurie's early academic work on the holy fool and feminine images of God. It offers a glimpse of the theological questions that later surface throughout her fiction.

In 1929 Paris, Harris Stuyvesant is hired to find a missing young American in the cafes and studios of Montparnasse. Her trail leads him into surrealism, the Grand-Guignol, and a killer with brutal artistic ambitions.

This short Russell-world piece gives Mila, the child from the Adler story, a voice of her own. It offers a smaller, sharper look at fear, loyalty, and survival on the edges of a larger mystery.

This richly detailed companion volume gathers chronology, character sketches, essays, maps, annotations, interviews, and even household lore from the Russell books. It is the guide for readers who enjoy the series' hidden corners.

On the voyage to Japan, Russell suspects that a charming young tutor is hiding far more than language lessons. The case opens into blackmail, espionage, and a delicate political mystery stretching from shipboard intrigue to Tokyo.

This story collection opens side doors into the Russell and Holmes world, from wartime adventures to Christmas memories and Mrs Hudson's own investigations. It is a smart companion for readers who want more background, voice, and hidden corners.

One winter evening, Mary Russell tells Holmes about her beloved black-sheep Uncle Jake and a childhood Christmas she never forgot. The short story mixes family memory, mischief, and the first hints of the woman Mary will become.

Holmes proposes, and Russell expects a practical trip to the registry office. Instead, the pair attempt a far more complicated wedding at Holmes's ancestral home, complete with schemes, dogs, and armed opposition.

Dark secrets and a seemingly impossible case strike at the trust Mary Russell and Holmes have built over a decade together. The investigation turns inward, forcing both detectives to question what they know, and what they have hidden.

Career Day at a troubled middle school should be hopeful, ordinary, and safe. Instead, a web of secrets among students, staff, and visitors tightens toward violence in this tense, multi-voiced standalone.

Co-edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, this anthology invites contemporary writers to spin fresh stories from the Sherlock Holmes tradition. The result is clever, varied, and full of affection for the canon.

An old friend asks Russell to help find an escaped aristocrat from Bedlam, and the trail leads from England to Venice. Between asylums, jewels, and the glittering Lido, Russell must untangle madness from manipulation.

When her teenage daughter asks about the aunt she never knew, Kate Martinelli starts reexamining a family tragedy she thought she understood. The novella turns a long-accepted story into a new and painful mystery.

Russell and Holmes follow Mrs Hudson to the Jazz Age Riviera, where Monte Carlo glamour hides corruption, murder, and pieces of her long-guarded past. The deeper they dig, the less either of them knows whom to trust.

At Queen Marie of Roumania's request, Russell and Holmes travel to Bran Castle to investigate dark rumors and a possible threat. Gothic atmosphere, royal politics, and old fears give this case a sharp edge.

A skull found on a famous California estate revives a fifty-year-old mystery from the commune era and the age of serial killers. Cold case inspector Raquel Laing digs into family legend, hidden archives, and old disappearances.

While Holmes chases a threat to Damian Adler, Russell is left with crates of coded papers and an antique lantern tied to an older family mystery. Solving the code may change what Holmes knows about his own past.

Mary Russell's long-lost Uncle Jake returns with a scandalous problem: the unsolved theft of the Irish Crown Jewels. To help him, Russell may have to keep secrets from Holmes and step into a case that once defeated everyone.