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Format:
Book
Title:
The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen
Other title(s):
Beekeeper's apprentice

On the segregation of the queen
ISBN:
9780312104238

9780312427368

9780002326094

9780006514343

9781250055705

9780553571653
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Physical Description:
xvii, 347 pages ; 22 cm.
Series title(s):
Number in series:
1.
General Note:
"A Thomas Dunne book."

"The Beekeeper's apprentice on the segregation of the queen"--Jacket.
Summary:
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes, a perfect man of the Victorian age--pompous, smug, and misogynistic--were to come face to face with a twentieth-century female? If she grew to be a partner worthy of his great talents? In 1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have all the Victorian "flaws" listed above, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman. So, at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then, on a larger and more urgent investigation, which ends successfully. All the time, Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and, increasingly, friend. And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous, and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy -- a plan that may save their lives but may also kill off their relationship.
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Added Title:
Beekeeper's apprentice on the segregation of the queen.
Electronic Access:
http://www.laurierking.com/
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