# The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes - Paperback

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by **Laurie R. King** (Author)

**_NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER** \- **"\[Laurie R.\] King enriches the Sherlockian legacy."--_The Boston Globe_  
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For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a mystery to solve--the unexplained disappearance of an entire colony of bees from one of Holmes's beloved hives.

But the anticipated sweetness of their homecoming is quickly tempered by a galling memory from the past. Mary had met Damian Adler only once before, when the surrealist painter had been charged with--and exonerated from--murder. Now the troubled young man is enlisting the Holmeses' help again, this time in a desperate search for his missing wife and child.

Mary has often observed that there are many kinds of madness, and before this case yields its shattering solution she'll come into dangerous contact with a fair number of them. From suicides at Stonehenge to the dark secrets of a young woman's past on the streets of Shanghai, Mary will find herself on the trail of a killer more dangerous than any she's ever faced--a killer Sherlock Holmes himself may be protecting for reasons near and dear to his heart.

### Author Biography

**Laurie R. King** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of thirteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novels _Touchstone_ and _The Bones of Paris_, and the acclaimed _A Darker Place, Folly,_ and _Keeping Watch_. She lives in Northern California.

**Number of Pages:** 464

**Dimensions:** 1.02 x 8.34 x 5.24 IN

**Publication Date:** April 27, 2010

## Details

- **Price:** 27.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Thrillers, Women Sleuths

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