October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romance—discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

A Monsterous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King

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O Jerusalem, June 2000
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The Moor, February 1999
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A Letter of Mary, January 1998
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A Monsterous Regiment of Women, November 1996
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A MONSTEROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN
By: Laurie R. King

Mary Russell Novels #2
Bantam
November 1996
On Sale: November 1, 1996
Featuring: Sherlock Holmes; Mary Russell
330 pages
ISBN: 0553574566
EAN: 9780553574562
Kindle: B0030MQJ64
Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery Woman Sleuth

The dawn of 1921 finds Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes’s brilliant young apprentice, about to come into a considerable inheritance. Nevertheless, she still enjoys her nighttime prowls in disguise through London’s grimy streets, where one night she encounters an old friend, now a charity worker among the poor. Veronica Beaconsfield introduces Russell to the New Temple of God, led by the enigmatic, electrifying Margery Childe. Part suffragette, part mystic, she lives quite well for a woman of God from supposedly humble origins.

Despite herself, Russell is drawn ever deeper into Childe’s circle. When Veronica has a near-fatal accident– and turns out to be the fourth bluestocking in the group to meet with misadventure after changing her will–Russell and Holmes launch a quiet investigation. But the Temple may bring the newly rich Russell far closer to heaven than she would like.…