A Lord Peter Cameo!

[sarlania]

Hello everyone! I'm a recent discoverer of Dorothy Sayer's stories and I love them to pieces. So the other day I was reading A Letter of Mary by Laurie R King, one of her Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes stories, and was pleasantly surprised when a certain gentleman turned up at about half way through the book. Reading those pages gave me no end of

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[kimuro]

Lord Peter has rather a substantial role in one of Mercedes Lackey's Elemental wizardry series ... Shadow of the Serpent I believe. He isn't called that, but it's pretty obvious who it is.

I haven't read King's Sherlock Holmes fanfic series, is it any good?

[sarlania]

Wow you were quick! I've never heard of that series. Must check it out! I love crossovers! =)

I haven't read King's Sherlock Holmes fanfic series, is it any good?
I was hesitant to pick up those books at first, because I'm a H/W shipper and I shudder at the thought of Holmes getting married. But my fears were, relatively, unfounded. I like the dynamic between the two, though Mary Russell can appear as a bit of a Mary Sue at times. The stories are good, and they have a much broader scope than Conan Doyle's stuff. There's stories set in India, San Francisco and Palestine.

The rumor is...

[dakiwiboid]

that Ms. King got in trouble with the Sayers estate for using that gentleman in the book, alas. I can't find any confirmation for it online, but I've been hearing about said supposed confrontation for years.

Re: The rumor is...

[diana_hawthorne]

The rumour is confirmed on Laurie King's website, under the FAQs.

Re: The rumor is...

[apis_mellifera]

I remember reading about it on The List, back in the dark ages.