{"product_id":"castle-shade","title":"Castle Shade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Castle Shade (Paperback, 557 pages – Thorndike Press Large Print, 2021) – Thorndike Press Large Print, 2021. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurie R. King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52370184831258,"sku":"9781432887643","price":105.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/81BUZZ-sHpL._SY522.jpg?v=1781779165","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/castle-shade","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}