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The KNAVE OF DIAMONDS ebook is on markdown for only $1.99--whee!
Tell your friends, it's on bookshop.org, Nook, Kindle, all the places.
Links here: laurierking.com/books/knave-...
#russellandholmes #newbook #maryrussell #sherlockholmes
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Half price for the audio of Lantern's Dance, until Nov 2!
Sherlock Holmes' past comes to light: who were his parents? Why does he have no family but Mycroft? How is he related to the Vernet family of artists? And why this interest in India...?
tinyurl.com/Lanterns-Dan...
#russellandholmes
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I am told that THE LANTERN'S DANCE e-book is discounted for a few days, to $1.99.
Check here: laurierking.com/books/the-la...

#russellandholmes #lanternsdance #ebookdiscount #sherlockholmes #maryrussell
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Because I am currently in a nice sterile room having my spine rebuilt so I can punt again, I ask you to think healing thoughts. Not for me, but for this sad and turmoil-pressed world. And if you are so moved, to do one thing that makes life better for someone.
See you on the other side.
Laurie
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My latest thoughts on writing are over on Substack:
Are You Finished Yet? (How a first draft is not a novel)
See it here:
open.substack.com/pub/laurierk...?
#writing #craftofwriting #rewrite #raquellaing #mysteries
September 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, we are living under an authoritarian regime.
And yes, we can still push back in all kinds of ways—can't we, Jimmy?

The background: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/19/f...

#whatcanIdo #throwthebumsout #sickofthisshit
September 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Uh huh. Yeah, right—except when you actually disagree with us.
(This was quoted by Jake Tapper on Stephen Colbert last week.)

#whatcanIdo #throwthebumsout #sickofthisshit
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
September 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I thought I'd do a book talk every month or two, on my books that are NOT in the Russell & Holmes series. Where would you like to start?
Here's a poll with some suggestions: tinyurl.com/Which-Laurie...
#booktalk #authorQ&A
September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us--at 5:30 West Coast, coming soon, over on YouTube...
www.thepixelproject.net/community-bu...
September 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
On Substack, I talk about scams I have known and not quite fallen for. Yet.

laurierkingwriter.substack.com/p/the-art-of...?
#scam #podcastscam
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Pixel Project fundraiser includes:
Mystery Book Boxes, Zoom chats, & these bundles (US only)
Bid for goodies now!
tinyurl.com/Pixel-goodies
And join us for a Saturday conversation on YouTube at:
tinyurl.com/SolvingThePa...
#mysterybooks #russellandholmes #fundraiser #PixelProject #women
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Any surprise when a Vietnam draft dodger oversees empty gestures?
Or, as Steven Colbert said, "Cool. Butching up your title doesn't read as insecure at all."
See the Atlantic article, Pete Hegseth’s Department of Cringe: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#whatcanIdo #standup #throwthebumsout
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The actual people of this country know the truth: immigrants are to be thanked, and celebrated.
Source: tinyurl.com/MSN-Gallup
#whatcanIdo #savedemocracy #thisisnotnormal #throwthebumsout
September 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oh, they're just oversized lap dogs...
laurierking.com/books/knave-...
#knaveofdiamonds #russellandholmes #sherlockholmes #maryrussell #historicalfiction #newbook #Irishwolfhound
(Art by Mercedes C Fuller)
@ballantinebooks @randomhouse @AllisonandBusbyBooks
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Put this on your calendar for Saturday--and plan on bidding for Goodies to raise money for the Pixel Project, to fight violence against women.
tinyurl.com/SolvingThePa...
September 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I mean, I write fiction, but even I wouldn't have come up with a character like RFK Jr, a man who is endangering the health of of every man, woman, and child in the country.
Source: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
And: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#whatcanIdo #standup #throwthebumsout
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sorry, DC, but we're making you SO much safer and more prosperous...
source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#whatcanIdo #standup #indivisible #throwthebumsout
September 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And of course, ridding the streets and fields of those pesky hard-working immigrants won't have any effect on our economy...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Respect matters.
Dignity is vital.
Anything else is cruelty.
#laborday #respect
September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks, MYSTERY PEOPLE, for telling folk that you loved Knave:
"The central characters are all engaging, the plot is intriguing, and the historical details bring Ireland as it was in the early twentieth century to vivid life."
#newbook
@ballantinebooks @randomhouse @AllisonandBusbyBooks
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
KNAVE in the wild--where even the dogs are enjoying KNAVE OF DIAMONDS.
Thanks, Melissa!
(And there's a special ebook price through Friday--tell your friends )
Excerpt and links: laurierking.com/books/knave-...
#knaveofdiamonds #russellandholmes @ballantinebooks @randomhouse @AllisonandBusbyBooks
August 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ridicule has become a valid political tool, because authoritarians cringe at laughter.
What's your favorite mocking image out there now? Stick it in the comments so we can all have a good laugh.
#whatcanIdo #savedemocracy #thisisnotnormal #throwthebumsout
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Live in California? Had these drop into your mailbox?
Looks like someone's terrified of Governor Newsom's proposal to retaliate in the redistricting stakes, and has spent a whole lot of money making it look as if the League of Women Voters was against it.
#whatcanIdo #throwthebumsout
August 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM