The Beekeeper's Apprentice
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
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 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 Apprentice, the first book of the Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes mysteries, is "remarkably beguiling" (The Boston Globe).
This program includes a preface read by the author.
Customer Reviews
An excellent addition to the original Sherlock Holmes books.
I found this title and author by accident. I wasn’t looking for a particular title or genre, but was sifting through the audiobook listings and the title caught me as mysterious. I knew it wasn’t a tale of beekeeping, and as I read the description I knew why o was drawn to the title. It was an extension of Sherlock Holmes’ adventures, picked up by another artist. Thanks to this discovery, I am now hooked on Laurie’s “Russell and Holmes” stories, extending the already well know works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. As I complete one book, I will promptly be purchasing the others in this series. As a lifelong mystery fan, I am thoroughly enjoying the tale put together by Laurie R. King and may have found my new favorite author. The narrator of this series has become, in a way, companion on the road... Keeping me listening for more while I’m out driving.