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An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named Among the Century's Best 100 Secrets from the Impartial  Mystery Booksellers Association From Ny Times-Bestselling writer Laurie R. Master comes the book that introduced us to the innovative Jane Russell–Sherlock Holmes mysteries In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is outdated and silently involved in the research of honeybees whenever a young lady actually stumbles into him about the Sussex Downs. Fifteen yrs old, recently orphaned, egotistical, and gawky, the young Mary Russell shows an intelligence to complement him wit for wit --and impress even Sherlock Holmes. Under his hesitant tutelage, this very contemporary twentieth century lady demonstrates a deft protégée and a fitting companion for the Victorian investigator.