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'''The Language of Bees''' is a mystery novel by American author [[Laurie R. King]] featuring detectives Mary Russell and her husband [[Sherlock Holmes]]. This novel is the ninth in this literary series. Events in the novel follow immediately after those found in King’s 2005's bestselling [[Locked Rooms]]. |
'''The Language of Bees''' is a mystery novel by American author [[Laurie R. King]] featuring detectives Mary Russell and her husband [[Sherlock Holmes]]. This novel is the ninth in this literary series. Events in the novel follow immediately after those found in King’s 2005's bestselling [[Locked Rooms]]. |
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Russell and Holmes return to their home in [[Sussex, England]] in 1924 after seven months abroad in [[India]], [[Japan]] and [[California]]. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes’s farm has been repetitively swarming and a colony of bees is found to have disappeared. Action shifts, however, with the reappearance of Damian Adler, a talented young painter and emotionally disturbed veteran of [[World War I]], first introduced in the second book in the series. Adler is Holmes estranged son, born to [[Irene Adler]] in about 1895. The distraught Adler seeks their help in locating his missing wife Yolanda and their daughter Estelle. The search effort covers locations ranging from Bohemian London to the wilds of [[Scotland]], a harrowing trip by aeroplane, and involves the |
Russell and Holmes return to their home in [[Sussex, England]] in 1924 after seven months abroad in [[India]], [[Japan]] and [[California]]. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes’s farm has been repetitively swarming and a colony of bees is found to have disappeared. Action shifts, however, with the reappearance of Damian Adler, a talented young painter and emotionally disturbed veteran of [[World War I]], first introduced in the second book in the series. Adler is Holmes estranged son, born to [[Irene Adler]] in about 1895. The distraught Adler seeks their help in locating his missing wife Yolanda and their daughter Estelle. The search effort covers locations ranging from Bohemian London to the wilds of [[Scotland]], includes a harrowing trip by aeroplane, and involves the British practitioners of a religious cult called ''The Children of Lights'' with roots in [[Shanghai, China]]. A series of bodies, some dead by suicide and others ritually sacrificed, appear. Russell and Holmes separate during the investigation and Russell undertakes to investigate Damien's questionable past. While the climax of the novel, in a ancient circle of standing stones on [[Orkney Island]], brings resolution, the story continues in the upcoming 2010 ''The God of the Hive''. |
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| Author | Laurie R. King |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Mary Russell |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher |  Bantam Press |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | 0553804545 |
| Preceded by | Locked Rooms |
| Followed by | The God of the Hive |
The Language of Bees is a mystery novel by American author Laurie R. King featuring detectives Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes. This novel is the ninth in this literary series. Events in the novel follow immediately after those found in King’s 2005's bestselling Locked Rooms.
Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes’s farm has been repetitively swarming and a colony of bees is found to have disappeared. Action shifts, however, with the reappearance of Damian Adler, a talented young painter and emotionally disturbed veteran of World War I, first introduced in the second book in the series. Adler is Holmes estranged son, born to Irene Adler in about 1895. The distraught Adler seeks their help in locating his missing wife Yolanda and their daughter Estelle. The search effort covers locations ranging from Bohemian London to the wilds of Scotland, includes a harrowing trip by aeroplane, and involves the British practitioners of a religious cult called The Children of Lights with roots in Shanghai, China. A series of bodies, some dead by suicide and others ritually sacrificed, appear. Russell and Holmes separate during the investigation and Russell undertakes to investigate Damien's questionable past. While the climax of the novel, in a ancient circle of standing stones on Orkney Island, brings resolution, the story continues in the upcoming 2010 The God of the Hive.