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The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar AwardWinning 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 Wales 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, The Beekeeper''s

The Beekeepers Apprentice

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 27 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781250055705
      978-1250055705
      ISBN-10 1250055709

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar AwardWinning 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 Wales 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, The Beekeeper''s

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