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Laurie R. King
Paperback | Pages: 341 pages Rating: 4.07 | 66740 Users | 5879 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Beekeeper's Apprentice : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes |
| ISBN: | 0553381520 (ISBN13: 9780553381528) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1 |
| Characters: | Mary Russell, Inspector Lestrade, Patricia Donleavy, Dr. John Watson, Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Russell & Holmes series) |
| Setting: | England,1915 |
| Literary Awards: | Agatha Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994) |
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Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. He never imagines he would encounter anyone whose intellect matched his own, much less an audacious teenage girl with a penchant for detection. Miss Mary Russell becomes Holmes's pupil and quickly hones her talent for deduction, disguises and danger. But when an elusive villain enters the picture, their partnership is put to a real test.Present Regarding Books The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1)
| Title | : | The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1) |
| Author | : | Laurie R. King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 341 pages |
| Published | : | March 26th 2002 by Bantam (first published January 15th 1994) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Crime. Historical Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 66740 Users | 5879 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1)
Since joining Goodreads I've discovered a taste for all sorts of books which I would have ignored only a year ago. Some books which I've read over the past few months have simply not come my way before. Others I have made a conscious decision at some point in the past not to read, but have changed my mind about, encouraged by positive reviews or a desire to participate in a group read. This book falls into the second category. Years ago I read and enjoyed King's Kate Martinelli series (althoughI had so much fun reading this, and it was much better than I thought it was going to be. It totally charmed me. Its a good thing Laurie King is such a good writer, and is so good at creating atmosphere and characters you can love, because she was in real danger of stepping in that quicksand trap some writers get stuck and die in, where they take something truly beloved and either try to insert themselves, or completely mangle the original thing that is loved.In this case, of course, that thing
Posted at The Literary Lawyer.ca A Sweeping and Enchanting Tale - 4.5 Stars In the past couple of years I have firmly decided that I love a great character driven novel. The Beekeeper's Apprentice fits that bill. It takes a tried and true character in Sherlock Holmes and adds a spunky young feminist into the mix. The result is an excellent novel with nuanced and complex characters. If you like your mysteries to be character driven, this one may be right up your alley. Plot summary The
It might have been a matter of timing, or the way I experience the Sherlock Holmes canon, it might even be all Jeremy Bretts fault. Or even Hugh Lauries. The fact is: I didn't really like The Beekeepers Apprentice.The three main reasons:MaryIts been a long time since I come across such a Mary Sue. Her gifts just keep piling up at an incredible speed from the first moment we (and Holmes) meet her. I got the feeling that King simply chose a favorite literary crush and then projected her
I was living my carefree, ignorant life until I decided to visit my best friend last November in Kansas. What do best friends do when they get together? We hunker down with slouchy pants, greasy processed foods, and keep that Netflix streaming, sugar!I introduced her to Flowers in the Attic and other awful films, and on one cold Wednesday, she started me on Sherlock. Sometimes I dont know whether I was better off before, when I didnt have to wait for the next year to roll around for a new
So I finally finished the Beekeepers Apprentice - No reason due to the book, sadly more life getting in the way of things. However I have completed it and I must admit that it was a interesting one. On the one had you have yet another Sherlock Holmes story and as you can imagine there are a fair few of those, of varying quality and style - to be honest I am not sure if it even warrants its own genre (wait for it I am sure someone will tell me there is). In this case you are looking at Mr
I know I read some, maybe all, of the Holmes stories when I was a kid. My knowledge of Sherlock Holmes is mostly from the movies, though, including that unfortunate picture in which Basil Rathbone, I mean Holmes, fights the Nazis. (I just googled and there are three Holmes vs. Nazi movies, for god's sake.)Anyway, this is a perfectly adequate mystery (and I'm deliberately damning with faint praise), but the book is more about the relationship between Holmes and Mary Russell than about the
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