The Beekeeper's Apprentice

By Laurie R. King

Bantam Books © 1996

The game's afoot ... but this time the hunters are the prey!

In 1915, long since retired from his observations of criminal humanity, Sherlock Holmes is engaged in a reclusive study of bees 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 15-year-old whose mental acuity is equaled only by her audacity, tenacity, and quirky individualism.

Under Holmes' 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' -- sends the unlikely pair 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's and Holmes' partnership -- and then their lives!

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This 426-page used paperback (with an excerpt from an upcoming Russell-Holmes novel, A Monstrous Regiment Of Women) is not a cut-out or a spoil. It is the original publication. The cover shows standard reading and shelving wear with a small triangle cut out of the top right (see image) -- but not even a crease in the spine. Inside, there are no marks, no rips, all pages attached. In fine shape for a 13-year-old used paperback!

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