The Art of Detection
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| Author | Laurie R. King |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Kate Martinelli series |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | May 30, 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 386 pp (Bantam Books hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-553-80453-7 |
| OCLC | 62858090 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3561.I4813 A89 2006 |
| Preceded by | Night Work |
The Art of Detection is the fifth book in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R. King.[1][2] It is preceded by Night Work. It features elements of the Sherlock Holmes character who appears in King's Mary Russell series.
Plot summary
Philip Gilbert, the head of a group of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts, is found dead in a national park's artillery battery. Because the autopsy report is slow-coming, inspector Kate Martinelli and her partner Al Hawkin treat the death as a murder case. She can discover little about the dead man aside from his unrelenting fascination with all things Holmes. One of his dinner group companions, Ian Nicholson, reveals that he had discovered a "lost" Holmes story, possibly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about the murder of a gay soldier in 1920s San Francisco. Kate's interest is piqued when Ian mentions that Gilbert's body was discovered under the same circumstance as the soldier's in the story.
Characters in The Art of Detection
- Kate Martinelli
- Lee Cooper
- Nora
- Al Hawkin
- Philip Gilbert
- Ian Nicholson
