{"product_id":"beekeepers-apprentice-9781250050113","title":"Beekeeper's Apprentice","description":"\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee - Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association \u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie R. King\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. \u003ci\u003eA Monstrous Regiment of Women\u003c\/i\u003e won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707527303442,"sku":"9781250050113","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b705ff64-0dbf-4314-a254-9366691ae93e.jpg?v=1734497418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beekeepers-apprentice-9781250050113","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}