A Mary Russel Mystery
Walking the Sussex Downs and reading, fifteen year old Mary Russell litterally trips over the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is now retired, keeps bees, and takes a few particularly interesting cases now and then. The ageing, eccentric detective and the smart, half American teenager become friends and Holmes teaches Russell the art of detection. She assists him with a few cases, his "apprentice". When an unknown enemy of Holmes' decides to kill both Holmes and Russell, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives. I love this book and this series, and don't have much hope of really capturing it here. I've done my best but because of that, this review will probably be revised more than once. I love stories about Holmes, and this series is one of the best that I've read. The author really captured Holmes wonderfully. Muy bien. Very good.
