A Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jul 15, 1995 - Fiction - 336 pages

Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award

It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--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.

 

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Contents

Chapter 1
1
Chapter 2
13
Chapter 3
28
Chapter 4
38
Chapter 5
53
Chapter 6
65
Chapter 7
72
Chapter 8
87
Chapter 14
163
Chapter 15
185
Chapter 16
200
Chapter 17
205
Chapter 18
224
Chapter 19
235
Chapter 20
248
Chapter 21
262

Chapter 9
101
Chapter 10
114
Chapter 11
123
Chapter 12
140
Chapter 13
151
Postscript
275
Discussion Questions
283
Author Interview
287
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About the author (1995)

Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels, the acclaimed Mary Russell mysteries, and several stand-alone novels, including the highly praised A Darker Place. She lives in northern California.

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