Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
The Twentieth-Anniversary Edition of the First Novel of the Acclaimed Mary Russell Series by Edgar Award-Winning Author Laurie R. King.
An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee • Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association

In 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, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, the first book of the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, is "remarkably beguiling" (The Boston Globe).

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Or On the Segregation of the Queen. With an introduction by the author. Picador, ISBN: 9781250050113 (May, 2014), 440 p., Hardcover $25.00, Trade Paperback $16.00, eBook $11.99.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
The long-awaited reissue of the very first book in the New York Times bestselling Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series
In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles into 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 -- and match him wit for wit. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. But even in their first case together, the pair face a truly cunning adversary who will stop at nothing to put an end to their partnership.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. The First Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Allison & Busby, ISBN: 9780749008529 (July, 2010), 440 p., £7.99.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee
A Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
From New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King comes the book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries

In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles into 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--and match him wit for wit. Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern twentieth-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. In their first case together, they must track down a kidnapped American senator's daughter and confront a truly cunning adversary -- a bomber who has set trip wires for the sleuths and who will stop at nothing to end their partnership. Full of brilliant deductions, disguises, and dangers, this first book of the Mary Russell -- Sherlock Holmes mysteries is "wonderfully original and entertaining... absorbing from beginning to end" (Booklist).

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Picador, ISBN: 0312427360 (October, 2007), 384 p., $14.00.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
In 1915, long since retired from his observations of criminal humanity, Sherlock Holmes is engaged in a reclusive study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. Never did he think to meet an intellect to match his own -- until his acquaintance with Miss Mary Russell, a very modern fifteen-year-old whose mental acuity is equaled only by her audacity, tenacity, and penchant for trousers and cloth caps.

Under Holmes's tutelage, Russell hones her talent for deduction, disguises, and danger: in the chilling case of a landowner's mysterious fever and in a kidnapping in the wilds of Wales. But her ultimate challenge is yet to come. Soon the two sleuths are on the trail of a murderer whose machinations scatter meaningless clues... but whose objective is quite unequivocal: to end Russell and Holmes's partnership -- and their lives.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, ISBN: 0553381520 (March, 2002), 341 p., $12.00.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
What would happen if typical Victorian man Sherlock Holmes came face to face with a twentieth-century female? And what if she grew to be a partner worthy of his legendary talents. In The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie King tells the story of Mary Russell, who in 1914 meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. Pompous, smug and misogynistic, the Great Detective can still spot a fellow intellect, even in a fifteen-year-old woman. At first he takes Mary on as his apprentice on small, local cases, gradually working up to larger investigations. All the time Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, but then the sky opens on them, and Holmes and Mary find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy -- a plan that may save their lives, but may also kill their relationship...

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006514340 (February, 2000), 347 p., £5.99 (?).

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
THE GAME'S AFOOT...BUT THIS TIME THE HUNTERS ARE THE PREY
In 1915, long since retired from his observations of criminal humanity, Sherlock Holmes is engaged in a reclusive study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. Never did he think to meet an intellect to match his own -- until his acquaintance with Miss Mary Russell, a very modern fifteen-year-old whose mental acuity is equaled only by her audacity, tenacity, and penchant for trousers and cloth caps, unthinkable in any young lady of Holmes's own generation.

Under Holmes's sardonic tutelage, Russell hones her talent for deduction, disguises, and danger: in the chilling case of a landowner's mysterious fever, and in the kidnapping of an American senator's daughter in the wilds of Wales. But her ultimate challenge is yet to come. A near-fatal bomb on her doorstep -- and another on Holmes's -- sends the two sleuths on the trail of a murderer whose machinations scatter meaningless clues and seem utterly without motive. The villain's objective, however, is quite unequivocal: to end Russell and Holmes's partnership -- and then their lives.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Crimeline; ISBN: 0553571656 (August, 1996), 405 p., $5.99.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes, that perfect example of Victorian man, were to come face to face with a twentieth-century female? If she grew to be a partner worthy of his great talents? In The Beekeeper's Apprentice Laurie King tells the story of Mary Russell who, in 1914, meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes and while he may be a pompous, smug misogynist, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman.

So at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary on as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation and all the time Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and friend.

And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy - it just might save their lives but will it kill off their relationship?

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0002326094 (August, 1996), 347 p., £14.99.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
What would happen if Sherlock Homles, a perfect man of the Victorian age -- pompous, smug, and misogynisitic -- were to come face to face with a twentieth-century female? If she grew to be a partner worthy of his great talents?

Laurie R. King, whose very different first novel, A Grave Talent drew rave reviews, read the Conan Doyle stories and wondered about such an imaginary encounter. And following through, she has written The Beekeeper's Apprentice.

1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have all the Victorian "flaws" listed above, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman.

So, at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary Russell as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation, which ends successfully. All the time, Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and, increasingly, friend.

And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous, and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy -- a plan that may save their lives but may also kill off their relationship.

This is not a "Sherlock Holmes" story. It is the story of a modern young woman who comes to know and work with Holmes, the story of young woman coming to terms with herself and with this older man who embodies the age that is past.

Laurie R. King: The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Or On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312104235 (January, 1994), 347 p., $21.95.