The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Laurie R. King

eBook - 2010

The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award–Winning Author Laurie R. King. An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles onto him on the Sussex Downs. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern, twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. They are soon called to Wa...les to help Scotland Yard find the kidnapped daughter of an American senator, a case of international significance with clues that dip deep into Holmes's past. Full of brilliant deduction, disguises, and danger,...

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Published
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Author
Laurie R. King
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File Size441 MB
ISBN9781429936507
Release Date4/1/2010
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ASINB003OUXE6U
Release Date4/1/2010
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781429936507
Release Date4/1/2010