

The Language of Bees
Author: Laurie R. King
Narrator: Jenny Sterlin
Unabridged: 15 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 05/20/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Laurie R. King
Narrator: Jenny Sterlin
Unabridged: 15 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 05/20/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Laurie R. King 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. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, 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. A Monstrous Regiment of Women 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.
This will not make me popular with the rabid Russell fans of which I can count myself. It almost feels sacreligious to say I was disappointed with the newest novel by Laurie King "The Language of Bees" but there it is, what a let down. I was anticipating a rousing period mystery with Sherlock Holmes......more
The latest (ninth) adventure for Sherlock Holmes and his wife, Mary Russell, begins as they arrive at their home in Sussex after an absence of almost a year. The immediate problem of the missing bees from their farthest beehive means that they don't even get into the house before going to check on t......more
3.5 For me, my favorite part of this series is the interplay between Holmes and Russell. With that said, it was somewhat of a disappointment to me that this was another book in the series where the two spent more time apart than together. Especially considering that the case is so personal, and could......more
A really enjoyable read. The tension mounts as Russell and Holmes face personal and professional problems on the track of one of their most vicious adversaries. This one ends on a thrilling note. If you love Sherlock Holmes then you need to read this series.......more
2 stars. I disapprove heartily, Watson. For those who don't know, Laurie R. King's Mary Russell series is about a young woman named Mary Russell who marries Sherlock Holmes. This is already enough to set off alarm bells for many Holmes fans who see the great detective as one of the few canonically ar......more