FREE THE BEEKEEPERS APPRENTICE: OR, ON THE SEGREGATION OF THE QUEEN PDF Laurie R King | 356 pages | 27 May 2014 | Picador USA | 9781250055705 | English | United States The Beekeeper's Apprentice, or, on the Segregation of the Queen Summary & Study Guide Audible Premium Plus. Cancel anytime. It is and Mary Russell - Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology - is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. By: Laurie R. The third book in the Mary Russell—Sherlock Holmes series. It is Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the summer together on their Sussex estate when they The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or visited by an old friend, Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation of a death and some disturbing phenomena of a decidedly supernatural origin. Through the mists of the moor there have been sightings of a spectral coach made of bones carrying a woman long-ago accused of murdering her husband - and of a hound with a single glowing eye. Coming out of retirement, an aging Sherlock Holmes travels to Palestine with his year-old partner, Mary Russell. There, disguised as ragged Bedouins, they embark on a dangerous mission. If they fail, the holy city goes up in flames. A trail of ominous clues comprise a mystery that leads from an English hamlet to the city of Paris to the wild prairie of the New World. The trap is set, the game is afoot; but can Holmes and Russell catch an elusive killer, or has the murderer caught them? New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. King has won or been nominated for every major The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or in mystery writing. King's beloved sleuth Mary Russell here attempts to reverse her legendary husband, Sherlock Holmes', greatest failure. It began as a problem in one of Holmes' beloved beehives, led to a murderous cult, and ended - or so they'd hoped - with a daring escape from a sacrificial altar. Instead, Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath and the limitless resources of those they've thwarted. Now they are separated and on the run, wanted by the police and pursued across the continent by a ruthless enemy with powerful connections. Unstoppable together, Russell and Holmes will have to survive this time apart, maintaining tenuous contact only by means of coded messages and cryptic notes. King has won sweeping critical acclaim and an impressive collection of awards for her writing. Although other writers have tried, no one has matched King's ability to capture the allure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. She has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the door. Out in the hivelike streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locks. She is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. Overhead, warplanes pass ominously north. For years now, readers of the Russell Memoirs have wondered about the tantalizing mentions of Japan. The time has finally come to tell that story. It isand Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes arrive home to find A stone with a name, which they last saw in the Tokyo garden of the future emperor of Japan. Mary Russell is used to dark secrets - her own and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond. And what of the other person to whom Mary Russell has opened her heart: the couple's longtime housekeeper, Mrs. As Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark on their 11th adventure together, they find themselves immersed in the world of silent filmmaking. Here, the pirates are real—and unlike the shooting done with a camera, this sort can be deadly. Though she cannot entirely discount the effects of the head injuries they were both suffering at the time, Mary Russell is delighted by Sherlock Holmes' proposal of on the Segregation of the Queen. After all, they have become partners in crime, and she has recently come on the Segregation of the Queen her inheritance: What remains but to confirm the union with her mentor-turned-partner with the piece of paper? In nine short stories, seven of which have never previously been available in print, and one brand-new, never-before-seen Sherlock Holmes mystery - available together for the first time - Laurie R. King blends her long-running brand of crime fiction with historical treats and narrative sleight of hand. With Mrs. Hudson gone from their lives and domestic chaos building, the last thing Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, need is to help an old friend with her mad and missing aunt. Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or asylum after another, since the loss of her brother and father in the Great War. Best-selling, award-winning author Laurie R. Holmes is in a decidedly dark temper as he searches the countryside for wild bees, until he meets the headstrong young woman who will become his apprentice and eventual bride. It's summertime on the Riviera, where the Jazz Age is busily reinventing the holiday delights of warm days on golden sand and cool nights on terraces and dance floors. Just up the coast lies a more traditional pleasure ground: Monte Carlo, where fortunes are won, lost, stolen, and hidden away. King comes on the Segregation of the Queen book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary Russell - Sherlock Holmes mysteries. InSherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles into 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 - and match him wit for wit. In their first case together, they must track down a kidnapped American senator's daughter and confront a truly The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or adversary: a bomber who has set trip wires for the sleuths and who will stop at nothing to end their partnership. Full of brilliant deductions, disguises, and dangers, this first book of the Mary Russell - Sherlock Holmes mysteries is "wonderfully original and entertaining I was pleasantly on the Segregation of the Queen and I believe I am addicted to the Mary Russell series. I downloaded the second book of the series within moments of finishing this book. I had misgivings about reading this. So, with trepidation and after recommendations from both my parents and my niece, I picked it up. My niece and I enjoy discussing some YA fiction and as a result I was expecting something on that level. I had made a terrible assumption based on this and forgot that she is an extremely precocious 13 year-old on the Segregation of the Queen loves and chooses to read Shakespeare… repeatedly. She sometimes speaks in old english and I have to ask for translations. This The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or not YA fiction. This is a PG adult mystery, and it on the Segregation of the Queen wonderful. Laurie King did a very intelligent thing. Her view of Holmes is quite different, it is the view of an equal, and Watson never viewed himself as Holmes equal. This allowed me, as the reader, to let that go. Bravo Laurie King! This is the story of how a young woman, recently orphaned and forced to live with a detestable distant Aunt, becomes the Apprentice of the great Sherlock Holmes. The book develops their friendship through her The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or. Holmes is still endearingly odd, but he is not seen from a pedestal. This is a coming of age story through several mysteries brought to Holmes and Russell while she is going to school at Oxford. Their relationship is not romantic. The writing is The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or and spoiled me. My expectations had been raised. King did a fabulous job of staying true to her characters voice, time frame, and local. In comparison, I kept seeing where this other author threw in a on the Segregation of the Queen words to try to make it authentic to the local and then would forget and dispense with them. It nearly drove me to madness and I had to remember this was a The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or author. I will try to read it again later. Jenny Sterlin's narration is wonderful. Her voice perfectly matches the material. Her accents were wonderful and her character differentiation was superb. My preference will be to listen rather than read this series. It allows the reader to enjoy Sherlock Holmes, Mrs. Hudson, and Watson with a fabulous addition of Mary Russell. I don't tend to re-listen re- read books because The Beekeepers Apprentice: Or want to read something new. That said, I couldn't put this one down. I tend to listen while walking the dog or on longer drives; this book made me want to extend the walk or plan a long car trip, just to be able to keep listening! Who was your favorite character and why? I liked the way she played off of Holmes.