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A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Paperback)
$6.99 - Save $1.00 (12%) - RRP $7.99 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A Monstrous Regiment of WomenThis eagerly awaited sequel to The Beekeeper's Apprentice finds Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes' young apprentice, is about to come into a considerable inheritance, but she still enjoys nighttime prowls through London's grimy streets. There, she encounters an old friend, who introduces Mary to a temple led by an enigmatic woman. Suddenly, Mary's friend suffers a near-fatal accident, or so it seems.
Full description- Publisher: Bantam USA
- Published: 05 October 1998
- Format: Paperback 368 pages
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- Categories: Crime | Thrillers
- ISBN 13: 9780553574562 ISBN 10: 0553574566
- Sales rank: 18,525
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Full description for A Monstrous Regiment of Women
A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell's adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever more skilled sleuth in her own right. Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford. The young woman introduces Mary to her current enthusiasm, a strange and enigmatic woman named Margery Childe, who leads something called "The New Temple of God." It seems to be a charismatic sect involved in the post-World War I suffrage movement, with a feminist slant on Christianity. Mary is curious about the woman, and intrigued. Is the New Temple a front for something more sinister? When a series of murders claims members of the movement's wealthy young female volunteers and principal contributors, Mary, with Holmes in the background, begins to investigate. Things become more desperate than either of them expected as Mary's search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced.
