{"product_id":"9781250050113","title":"The Beekeeper's Apprentice : or, On the Segregation of the Queen","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Beekeeper's Apprentice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Laurie R. King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award–Winning Author Laurie R. King.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee • Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book of the Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes mysteries, is \"remarkably beguiling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enchanting...\u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e is real Laurie R. King, not \u003ci\u003efaux\u003c\/i\u003e Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rousing...Riveting...Suspenseful.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderfully original and entertaining...absorbing from beginning to end.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkably beguiling.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250050113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40637595680974,"sku":"9781250050113","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3c01e5b6-6521-4e34-aef6-87eda041993d.jpg?v=1639016854","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250050113","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}