by Laurie R. King
A short story that takes place within the time frame of The Beekeeper's Apprentice, here we get a detailed look at the conflict between Mary and her Aunt during the time her aunt was her guardian. I'm left feeling vaguely "meh" in part because Ms. King takes a few liberties with her own story line...
This is a novella in the Mary Russell series, of which there about a dozen books to date. In them King gives Sherlock Holmes a female counterpart and professional and, eventually, romantic partner in the unlikely person of Mary Russell, a Jewish American forty years younger. She sets all these tales...
My main complaint is that it was too short! I would have liked to see Holmes' perspective as he and Russell's relationship deepened and changed. I would welcome an entirely new story in the Russell series with Holmes as the narrator. It would be great to see how he views her as a woman and not as...
A long short story or a short novella, this offering to fans of the Russell / Holmes series fits takes place in the timeframe of the first novel in the series, The Beekeepers Apprentice. It is essentially in two parts. The first part deals with the meeting of Russell and Holmes from the point of vie...
The beginning of Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell's friendship, told this time from Holmes' point of view. It makes me want to go back and read the series from the beginning once again.
Laurie R. King has done what a number of my favorite authors have done and that is to release a short story as a form of introduction for a new book release. I loved this book, done from Holmes' viewpoint, at the first case with Mary Russell. It was just a fun, short read!!
3 and a half stars really.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novella covering the time when Sherlock Holmes met Miss Mary Russell.
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