A Monstrous Regiment of Women

by Laurie R. King

Paperback

Call number

Mystery

Description

Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russellâ??Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theologyâ??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… (more)

Local notes

Series: Mary Russell 2

Publication

New York: Picador

Pages

278

Library's rating

½

Awards

Nero Award (Winner — 1996)
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