A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Paperback - 9780312427375

Winner of the Nero Wolfe AwardMary Russell and Sherlock Holmes return in a series the Chicago Tribune calls "as audacious as it is entertaining and moving."It is 1921 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. Russell's attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.

• | Author: Laurie R. King
• | Publisher: Picador USA
• | Publication Date: Oct 02, 2007
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0312427379
• | ISBN-13: 9780312427375