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‘Crime fiction’s most unlikely but utterly credible romance… Laurie King is the most interesting writer to emerge on the American crime fiction front in recent years’
Val McDermid
‘Brilliantly written’
T. J. Binyon, Evening Standard (of The Birth of a New Moon)
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Second in Laurie King’s acclaimed Mary Russell mystery series: ‘Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels…civilized, ingenious and engrossing’ – Literary Review
In this the riveting sequel to The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Mary Russell has metamorphosed from able apprentice to skilled detective in her own right.
After a tedious visit from relatives, Mary is looking for respite in London when she comes across a friend from Oxford. The young woman introduces Mary to the enigmatic Margery Childe, leader of the New Temple of God, a charismatic sect involved in the post-World War One suffrage movement, with a feminist slant on Christianity. Intrigued and curious, Mary begins to wonder if the New Temple is a front for something more sinister.
When a series of murders claims members of the movement’s wealthy young female volunteers, Mary, with Holmes in the background, starts to investigate, but events spiral out of control as the situation becomes ever more desperate, and Mary’s search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced…
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mary Russell is more or less on her own in this second adventure. At the ripe age of 21, Mary comes into her inheritance and through a friend, is introduced to the New Temple of God and its mystical leader, Margery Childe. Her feminism and theology fascinate Mary, but when a series of murders claim the lives of some of the Temple's wealthy young women, Mary begins to suspect something more is afoot. With Holmes' aid, Mary confronts a cunning and vicious killer. Nevertheless, the mystery plot is really secondary to story of Mary's coming of age after the events in King's superb Beekeepers' Apprentice. Mary must come to grips not only with her academic aspirations, but her relationship with Holmes. I can't help but be enthralled with King's smart writing and the unique voice of Mary Russell. But what I like most is that King knows when to make her heroine take charge, without making her an unrealistic action hero.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mary Russell investigates a religious organisation which helps the poor but seems to lose a lot of its inner circle to murder.
Laurie R King can write but this book was just boring. Mary Russell is so full of herself and so lacking in empathy, I began to wonder whether this book was just a Literary joke? Are we really supposed to believe that Sherlock Holmes is interested in her, especially romantically? Russell's jibes about Watson and Conan Doyle (i.eanyone who might mean something to Holmes) smacks more of an unhealthy obsession than just a different take on a Literary hero.
Otherwise the mystery is virtually non-existant, also it must be noted that for all Mary's assertions of independence she still needs Holmes to save her.
I did not enjoy this and while I would read the next one, the author needs to stop with the fantasy and concentrate on telling a story. It will interesting to see if Mary Russell develops the skill of analysing her own behaviour and despite what she says, grows up.
Laurie R King can write but this book was just boring. Mary Russell is so full of herself and so lacking in empathy, I began to wonder whether this book was just a Literary joke? Are we really supposed to believe that Sherlock Holmes is interested in her, especially romantically? Russell's jibes about Watson and Conan Doyle (i.eanyone who might mean something to Holmes) smacks more of an unhealthy obsession than just a different take on a Literary hero.
Otherwise the mystery is virtually non-existant, also it must be noted that for all Mary's assertions of independence she still needs Holmes to save her.
I did not enjoy this and while I would read the next one, the author needs to stop with the fantasy and concentrate on telling a story. It will interesting to see if Mary Russell develops the skill of analysing her own behaviour and despite what she says, grows up.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is never going to win any literary awards, but I adored it. The characters were adorable, the plot is pacey and interesting, and the scene at the end makes all the tension between the two main characters, Holmes and Russell, utterly worth the wait. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a mystery, a bit of Victorian society stuff, and of course a little bit of romance.
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Book 2 of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.
Time has moved on from the previous book by two years and Mary Russell is nearly 21 and this time the novel focuses very strongly on Russell. Read more
Published 1 month ago by gwenalop
Mary Comes of Age
In this second Mary Russell story Mary really grows up- she handles a complex and dangerous case and does it well. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. M. Spotswood
Mary Russell Volume 2
Another enjoyable story. Not so much a detective story more a study in developing characters and relationships. Read more
Published 8 months ago by John in hampshire
A Monstrous Regiment Of Women
Despite the rave reviews on the book's cover, I thought this is the least interesting Mary Russell novel of four which I have so far read. Read more
Published 15 months ago by A. Willmett
Excellent alternative literature
This is Laurie R King's second Mary Russell book- a great followup to The Beekeeper's Apprentice wherein we are introduced to Mary and re-kindle our acquaintance with Sherlock... Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Forbes
An atmospheric and easy read featuring Sherlock Holmes
This is the second book in the series of Mary Russell novels and although I hadn't read the first book, 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice', it didn't really seem to matter. Read more
Published on 12 April 2008 by Sarah Durston
From the back cover...
Whilst in London, Mary Russell, apprentice detective to the great Sherlock Holmes, comes across a friend from Oxford. Read more
Published on 5 April 2007 by Angel Silver
Biblical Scholar Takes on a Religious Mystic
A Monstrous Regiment of Women is the second novel in a series that features the female detective Mary Russell. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2006 by F. Orion Pozo
Superb sequel to "A Beekeeper's Apprentice".
This great sequel to King's first Sherlock Holmes pastiche, "A Beekeeper's Apprentice" combines a heady mix of drama, crime, romance and suspense. Read more
Published on 14 May 2004 by "great-read"
Worthy sequel to The Beekeeper's Apprentice!
The second book in the Mary Russell series, this rightly concentrates more on Mary, as she becomes a fully fledged detective in her own right. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2001
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