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The Moor is a 1998 detective novel by Laurie R. King and the fourth book in the Mary Russell series. Mary Russell and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, travel to Dartmoor after receiving a request for help from the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould. Their investigation connects reports of a spectral coach and an escaped hound with a death on the moor, while drawing on the landscape and folklore associated with Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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The Moor ranks #132 of 183 in the Detective Novel ranking, behind A Caribbean Mystery, ahead of Unnatural Death.
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Why does Sherlock Holmes summon Mary Russell to Dartmoor in The Moor?
Holmes has been asked to investigate strange events by the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould, a real historical antiquarian used as a character in the novel. Russell joins Holmes among reports of a spectral hound, lights on the moor, and suspicious deaths.
Is The Moor connected to The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Yes. Laurie R. King deliberately returns Holmes to Dartmoor and plays with the landscape and legends associated with The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Moor is a new Mary Russell investigation rather than a retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.
Where does The Moor fall in the Mary Russell series?
Published in 1998, it is the fourth novel in the series. It follows A Letter of Mary and precedes O Jerusalem.
Is Sabine Baring-Gould a fictional character?
No. Sabine Baring-Gould was an English clergyman, writer, folklorist, and antiquarian associated with Devon. King places the historical figure in the mystery as an elderly acquaintance of Holmes.
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