The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Title:	The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or On the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels)
Author:	Laurie R. King
Year First Published:	2007
Page Count:	384
Synopsis:	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 protegeeand 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).

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Sherlock Holmes fans will find this a delightful addition to the non-canonical stories about the great detective. The introduction of a female mind that works the way his does transforms Holmes from a bored retiree into an energetic tutor, and by the end of the book, he and his apprentice, Mary Russell, have formed a working partnership that delights readers in book after book of this series.

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