The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen (A Mary Russell Mystery)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (743 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250055709 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern, twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes. KING.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. THE TWENTIETH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE FIRST NOVEL OF THE ACCLAIMED MA
The collaboration is ignited by the kidnapping in Wales of Jessica Simpson, daughter of an American senator. From Publishers Weekly Sherlock Holmes takes on a young, female apprentice in this delightful and well-wrought addition to the master detective's casework. Mary, an orphan rebelling against her guardian aunt's strictures, impresses the sleuth with her intelligence and acumen. Holmes initiates her into the mysteries of detection, allowing her to participate in a few cases when she comes home from her studies at Oxford. The sleuthing du
SassyPants said Love, love ,love this book!. The Beekeeper's Apprentice is one of those books that takes a well known fictional character, in this case Sherlock Holmes, and reimagines him in a new situation. This can be a disaster, but in this case it is a triumph. This book was first published in the 1990's and was not on my radar. The author has written quite a few sequels to this, which I look forward to reading.Sherlock is in semi-retirement in t. L. Porter said Intriguing!. I was a bit dubious on starting this book, and nearly dismissed it as a piece of fan fiction, where the author places an idealised, fictionalised version of themselves into a story with a "real" fiction character. But things picked up once the first adventure / case started. There are about four of these throughout the novel, and the author writes them brilliantly. They are exciting, fresh and suspenseful . "For all Sherlockians" according to Amazon Customer. I could physically feel my vocabulary growing as I read this book. I'm a sucker for a book that makes you feel smarter by the end of it, for a book that encourages your mind to expand and to raise you higher than you were before. Although at a glance, The Beekeeper's Apprentice is another in a long list of Sherlock inspired literature, I found King's style of writing absolutely captivating and definitely w