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Oct 22, 2018DorisWaggoner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As Russell and Holmes approach San Francisco after their India adventures in "The Game," she finds herself more and more apprehensive. Three nightmares alternate, making no rational sense. And Mary needs logic above all. Holmes becomes concerned at her unwillingness to face her fears. The ostensible reason for this visit to San Francisco is to clear up the terms of her father's will, sell the family home and investments. Her feet take her to the house she hadn't remembered. The will prohibited any but family but entering the grounds, let alone the house. It's a mess, but there are footprints in the dust. Who's been there? Why? These questions become more urgent when Mary's shot at, missed only when the son of former servants knocks her out of the way. This book is among the best in the series, showing the personal relationship between the couple rather than the two of them solving a political puzzle. Earlier novels have referred to her parents' and brother's deaths in an accident. Mary believed this was her fault because she was goading her brother and distracting their father. Holmes and Dashiel Hammett prove the cause was murder, releasing Mary from several locked rooms of her mind, and absolving her of the guilt she's carried for years. A splendid page turner.