The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or On the Segregation of the Queen
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jenny Sterlin
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Written by:
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Laurie R. King
About this listen
The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award–Winning Author Laurie R. King.
An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee • Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
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 that dip deep into Holmes's past. Full of brilliant deduction, disguises, and danger, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, the first book of the Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes mysteries, is "remarkably beguiling" (The Boston Globe).
This program includes a preface read by the author.
What the critics say
- Agatha Award, Best Novel Nominee
“Wonderfully original and entertaining . . . absorbing from beginning to end.” —Booklist
“King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real.” —The Denver Post
What listeners say about The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or On the Segregation of the Queen
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- Robert834
- 2021-05-09
Very fun
I really enjoyed this book - the characters are very interesting, and it's a fun take on Sherlock Holmes
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- David Robertson
- 2019-09-06
A new twist and depth to the Holmes story
Perhaps the best retelling of Holmes I have read/listened to. Slow to start but picks up as the narrator brings all the characters to life.
The book wraps several cases in to a longer story arc and provides interesting clues and puzzles. A few times where Mary misses the obvious for the sake of the story are forgivable.
Listening with my wife on a long car journey and at the end we both said "let's start the next one."
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- C. S. Mesher
- 2017-10-10
Interest book, bad recording
There was a weird echo on the recording which was very distracting. The book itself was interesting and fit nicely as a Holmes mystery.
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