A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.
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 bac.
The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia.
A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure