King, Laurie R. The art of detection.KING, Laurie R. The art of detection. Read by Alyssa Bresnahan & Robert Ian Mackenzie. 12 cds. 13.75 hrs. Recorded Books. 2006. 1-4193-8908-4. $119.75. Vinyl; plot notes. A Holmes fans will enjoy this Kate Martinelli mystery, as it brings the protagonists of King's two well-known series into a single tale. When the body of Philip Gilbert, a devotee of Sherlock A Macintosh utility starting with Version 8.5 of the operating system that provides a common facility for searching the local hard disk, the local network and the Internet. Holmes and a noted collector of Holmesiana, is found in one of the artillery batteries In military science, a battery is a unit of artillery guns, mortars, or rockets, so grouped in order to facilitate battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion. that was used to protect the San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. , Martinelli and her partner travel to Gilbert's home for further investigation. There they find a bizarre set-up where the bottom floor of the house is a complete recreation of 221B Baker Street, including gaslights on the walls. The only modern touch is a Web cam See Webcam. provided for Holmes fans, which eventually yields some clues to the murder of Gilbert, as does a special new item in his extensive collection--a typed manuscript of a story whose narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. could be Holmes himself, set in 1924 San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , where the murdered body has been disposed of in the very artillery battery where Gilbert was found. The juxtaposition juxtaposition /jux·ta·po·si·tion/ (-pah-zish´un) apposition. jux·ta·po·si·tion n. The state of being placed or situated side by side. of modern police work and Holmes's investigative style adds a nice touch. This story-within-a-story has two narrators: Bresnahan narrates Martinelli's investigation, while Mackenzie narrates the story of the 1924 murder. This makes it easy to know when Martinelli is "reading" the manuscript and when she is interrupted by her family life or her police coworkers. Both are talented narrators and easily engage the listener in their intertwined tales. Note: this is an adult crossover story for older teens, as homosexual relationships are key to both the modern and the Holmes investigations. Also, if you're unfamiliar with artillery batteries, visit http://www. virtuar.com/ysf2/battery.htm. Carol Reich, Youth Svcs., Hillsboro PL, Hillsboro, OR A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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