A Monstrous Regiment of Women

Download or read book A Monstrous Regiment of Women written by Laurie R. King and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last 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?