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03019aam a22005295i 4500 001 589C1F6CCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 210422s2021 meu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021937724 020 $a 1432887645 020 $a 9781432887643 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a King, Laurie B. $e author. 245 10 $a Castle shade $c Laurie B. King. 250 $a Large print. 263 $a 2106 264 1 $a Waterville : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 557 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes ; $v 17 520 $a "The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia. A famous beauty who was married at seventeen into Roumania's young dynasty, Marie had beguiled the Paris Peace Conference into returning her adopted country's long-lost provinces, singlehandedly transforming Roumania from a backwater into a force. The castle is Bran: a tall, quirky, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie, a thank-you from her people, and she loves it as she loves her own children. The threat is . . . well, that is less clear. Shadowy figures, vague whispers, the fears of girls, dangers that may be only accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep. When Queen Marie calls, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are as dubious as they are reluctant. But a young girl is involved, and a beautiful queen. Surely it won't take long to shine light on this unlikely case of what would seem to be strigoi? Or, as they are known in the West . . . vampires"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 $a Russell, Mary (Fictitious character), 1900 $x Fiction. 650 $a Holmes, Sherlock $x Fiction. 650 $a Women private investigators $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 $a Romania $x Fiction. 650 $a Vampires $x Fiction. 650 $a Murder $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 $a Large type books. 650 $a Monte-Carlo (Monaco) $x Fiction. 650 $a Detective and mystery fiction. 650 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 13 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023402.0 952 $l LEPI975 $d 20231006013014.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014203.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064721.0 952 $l HNPC845 $d 20220104011927.0 952 $l TVPD862 $d 20211208123128.0 952 $l JMPC081 $d 20211119010303.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20211001010610.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20210803012751.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210803010817.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210803010344.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210702015640.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20210617010426.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=589C1F6CCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search