The Beekeeper's Apprentice

King, Laurie R.

ISBN 10: 0553571656 / ISBN 13: 9780553571653

Published by Bantam, 1996

About this Item

First Edition, Later Printing. Published by Bantam, 1996. 12mo. Paperback. Book is like new.

Seller Inventory # 509810

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553571656
• ISBN 13: 9780553571653
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

In 1915, long since retired from his observations of criminal humanity, Sherlock Holmes is engaged in a reclusive study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. Never did he think to meet an intellect to match his own–until his acquaintance with Miss Mary Russell, a very modern fifteen-year-old whose mental acuity is equaled only by her audacity, tenacity, and penchant for trousers and cloth caps.

Under Holmes’s tutelage, Russell hones her talent for deduction, disguises, and danger: in the chilling case of a landowner’s mysterious fever and in a kidnapping in the wilds of Wales. But her ultimate challenge is yet to come. Soon the two sleuths are on the trail of a murderer whose machinations scatter meaningless clues…but whose objective is quite unequivocal: to end Russell and Holmes’s partnership–and their lives.

About the Author

LAURIE R. KING won the Edgar and John Creasey Awards for Best First Novel for A Grave Talent. She is the author of seven acclaimed mysteries in the Mary Russell series, as well as four novels in a contemporary series featuring police detective Kate Martinelli. She is also the author of the critically-acclaimed stand-alone novels of suspense, Keeping Watch (recently optioned for film by CBS), Folly, and A Darker Place. She lives in northern California where she is at work on another Mary Russell novel.