The Beekeeper's Apprentice

About this book

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 ownuntil 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 Holmess tutelage Russell hones her talent for deduction disguises and danger: in the chilling case of a landowners 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 cluesbut whose objective is quite unequivocal: to end Russell and Holmess partnershipand their lives.