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In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees in Sussex when a young woman literally stumbles onto 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. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern, twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. They are soon called to Wales to help Scotland Yard find the kidnapped daughter of an American senator, a case of international significance with clues…

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Editions

21 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2014
    St Martins Pr (a) · 9781427251497
  • Audiobook · English · 2014
    The Beekeeper's Apprentice
    Macmillan Audio · 9781427258809
  • Audiobook · English · 2014
    The Beekeeper's Apprentice : Or, On the Segregation of the Queen
    Macmillan Audio · 9781427244994
  • Paperback · English · 2014
    Picador USA · 368 pages · 9781250055705
  • Hardcover · English · 2014
    Minotaur Books · 356 pages · 9781250050113
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    The Beekeeper's Apprentice
    Picador · 384 pages · 9780312427368
Fiction, mystery & detective, historicalPrivate investigators, fictionEngland, fictionYoung women, fictionFictionPrivate investigatorsWomen detectivesYoung women