Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2014) From the Publisher: 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). Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Or On the Segregation of the Queen. With an introduction by the author. Picador, ISBN: 9781250050113 (May, 2014), 440 p., Hardcover $25.00, Trade Paperback $16.00, eBook $11.99.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 2010) From the Publisher: Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. The First Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Allison & Busby, ISBN: 9780749008529 (July, 2010), 440 p., £7.99.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2007) From the Publisher: In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles into 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--and match him wit for wit. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. In their first case together, they must track down a kidnapped American senator's daughter and confront a truly cunning adversary -- a bomber who has set trip wires for the sleuths and who will stop at nothing to end their partnership. Full of brilliant deductions, disguises, and dangers, this first book of the Mary Russell -- Sherlock Holmes mysteries is "wonderfully original and entertaining... absorbing from beginning to end" (Booklist). Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Picador, ISBN: 0312427360 (October, 2007), 384 p., $14.00.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2002) From the Publisher: 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. Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, ISBN: 0553381520 (March, 2002), 341 p., $12.00.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 2000) From the Publisher: Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006514340 (February, 2000), 347 p., £5.99 (?).
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 1996) From the Publisher: Under Holmes's sardonic tutelage, Russell hones her talent for deduction, disguises, and danger: in the chilling case of a landowner's mysterious fever, and in the kidnapping of an American senator's daughter in the wilds of Wales. But her ultimate challenge is yet to come. A near-fatal bomb on her doorstep -- and another on Holmes's -- sends the two sleuths on the trail of a murderer whose machinations scatter meaningless clues and seem utterly without motive. The villain's objective, however, is quite unequivocal: to end Russell and Holmes's partnership -- and then their lives. Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Crimeline; ISBN: 0553571656 (August, 1996), 405 p., $5.99.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 1996) From the Publisher: So at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary on as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation and all the time Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and friend. And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy - it just might save their lives but will it kill off their relationship? Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0002326094 (August, 1996), 347 p., £14.99.
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Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 1994) From the Publisher: Laurie R. King, whose very different first novel, A Grave Talent drew rave reviews, read the Conan Doyle stories and wondered about such an imaginary encounter. And following through, she has written The Beekeeper's Apprentice. 1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have all the Victorian "flaws" listed above, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman. So, at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary Russell as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation, which ends successfully. All the time, Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and, increasingly, friend. And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous, and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy -- a plan that may save their lives but may also kill off their relationship. This is not a "Sherlock Holmes" story. It is the story of a modern young woman who comes to know and work with Holmes, the story of young woman coming to terms with herself and with this older man who embodies the age that is past. Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Or On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312104235 (January, 1994), 347 p., $21.95.
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