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 Add to Wish List
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.…