A Monstrous Regiment of Women, (Paperback)

from Kathy89

Mary Russell turns 21 and inherits her fortune while studying for her final exams at Oxford. Through a friend she gets involved in a woman's religious movement and puts her life in danger. Sherlock Holmes to the rescue and they realize that they can not live without one another. I really enjoyed ...

from theokester

I jumped into this second book in the 'Mary Russell' series, hoping it would be as good or better than the first novel, The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Beyond that, I really had no expectations. The book started out a little slower than I might have liked for a sequel. However, the genre and the way ...

from mldavis2

Second in Laurie King's Mary Russell adventures with Sherlock Holmes, this book takes the Russell series away from Doyle and firmly into King's territory. Touching on issues of religion and women's liberation, the plot is woven into a bit of romance as author gender roles reverse. The book is a g...

from bearette24

The second novel in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series focuses on a women's movement, affiliated with the church and called the Temple. The Temple's teachings intrigue Mary, who majored in theology, after all. But soon she notices that women who have made bequests to the Temple in their will...

from JBD1

The second volume in Laurie R. King's series of Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books. This one sees Russell come into her own, investigating—with some key assists by Holmes—the suspicious deaths of some London bluestockings connected with the New Temple in God, a church/charitable organ...