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The Beekeeper's Apprentice

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Or On the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
CrimeHistorical Fiction
Pages
384
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1915, a retired Sherlock Holmes spends his days studying honeybees in Sussex until he literally trips over Mary Russell, a brilliant and sharp-tongued fifteen-year-old orphan. Recognizing a mind that matches his own, Holmes takes her on as a student, training her in the arts of deduction and disguise. Their quiet life of scholarship is interrupted when they are pulled into a high-stakes kidnapping case that threatens to expose secrets from Holmes's own past.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

IntellectualAtmosphericAdventurous
Mentor FigureComing of AgeFound FamilySlow Burn

Genres

Crime Historical Fiction Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Authors

L
Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of Ame...

Characters

Mary RussellProtagonist
Sherlock HolmesProtagonist
All characters in The Beekeeper's Apprentice

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