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The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her legendary husband Sherlock Holmes's storied past: a painful and personal defeat that still has the power to sting, but this time fatally . . . 

A rousing period mystery, The Language of Bees is an intelligent, witty, complex, and atmospheric exploration of the occult, family, marriage. 

"King has made marriage possible for the most famous and, surely, one of the most aloof detectives of all time by making a woman who matches Holmes in brainpower, and elegance of manner.  A spellbinding mystery ... superb!" -- The Washington Post Book World