Mary Russell series book 11
Read by Jenny Stirlin

The latest adventure for the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock
Holmes takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films, where the pirates
are real and the shooting isn't all done with cameras. In England's young silent-
film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. Nevertheless, Mary
Russell is dispatched to investigate the criminal activities that surround
Fflytte's popular movie studio. So Russell is travelling undercover to Portugal,
along with the film crew that is gearing up to shoot a cinematic extravaganza,
Pirate King. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, the project
will either set the standard for movie-making for a generation or sink a boatload
of careers. Nothing seems amiss until the enormous company starts rehearsals in
Lisbon, where the thirteen blonde-haired, blue-eyed actresses Mary is bemusedly
chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide
authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming,
Russell feels a building storm of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with
secrets, ominous currents between the pirates, decks awash with budding romance -
and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their dangerous
outlaw leader, La Rocha. Plus, there's a spy on board. Where can Sherlock Holmes
be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may
experience a final fadeout.

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