I slip quietly in, gather up the gems of ideas and images, the idiosyncratic characters and clever, evocative phrases, and then I leave, having made them my own. What I steal from a library’s books is their weight, their content, their very essence. No: I am a crime writer, and my plunder occupies that world. Nor are mine the crude acts of plagiary, that land-grab of intellectual real estate. Not the physical books, of course-that would be mere thievery. Yes: I steal, abashedly and wholeheartedly. Time for a confession: in my heart of hearts, I believe that libraries exist solely to support my life of crime. And, she’s about to make a shocking confession! The intrepid duo is finally trying to take a little time for themselves-only to be swept up in a baffling case that will lead them from the idyllic panoramas of Japan to the depths of Oxford’s most revered institution. King returns this February with Dreaming Spies-the newest novel in her critically acclaimed and beloved Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. New York Timesbestselling author Laurie R.
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