The language of bees

a Mary Russell novel

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The language of bees

a Mary Russell novel

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In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her legendary husband's storied past--a painful and personal defeat that still has the power to sting...this time fatally.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 her husband's past. Mary had met Damian Adler only once before, when the promising surrealist painter had been charged with--and exonerated from--murder. Now the talented and troubled young man was enlisting their help again, this time in a desperate search for his missing wife and child.When it comes to communal behavior, Russell 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 a bizarre religious cult, from the demimonde of the Cafe Royal at the heart of Bohemian London to the dark secrets of a young woman's past on the streets of Shanghai, Russell 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.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bantam Books
Language
English

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The Language of Bees: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
April 27, 2010, Bantam
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The language of bees: a Mary Russell novel
2009, Bantam Books
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The Language of Bees
2009, Random House Publishing Group
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The language of bees: a Mary Russell novel
2009, Thorndike Press
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3561.I4813 L36 2009, PS3561.I4813L36 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23057000M
ISBN 13
9780553804546, 9780553906462
LCCN
2009004039
Library Thing
6239585
Goodreads
5226845
7022104

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