A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell s adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever skilled sleuth in her own right Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford The young woman introduces Mary to her current enthusiasm, a strange and enigmatic womaA Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell s adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever skilled sleuth in her own right Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford The young woman introduces Mary to her current enthusiasm, a strange and enigmatic woman named Margery Childe, who leads something called The New Temple of God It seems to be a charismatic sect involved in the post World War I suffrage movement, with a feminist slant on Christianity Mary is curious about the woman, and intrigued Is the New Temple a front for something sinister When a series of murders claims members of the movement s wealthy young female volunteers and principal contributors, Mary, with Holmes in the background, begins to investigate Things become desperate than either of them expected as Mary s search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women By Laurie R. King A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell s adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever skilled sleuth in her own right Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford The young woman introduces Mary to her current enthusiasm, a strange and enigmatic womaA Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell s adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever skilled sleuth in her own right Looking for respite in London after a stupefying visit from relatives, Mary encounters a friend from Oxford The young woman introduces Mary to her current enthusiasm, a strange and enigmatic woman named Margery Childe, who leads something called The New Temple of God It seems to be a charismatic sect involved in the post World War I suffrage movement, with a feminist slant on Christianity Mary is curious about the woman, and intrigued Is the New Temple a front for something sinister When a series of murders claims members of the movement s wealthy young female volunteers and principal contributors, Mary, with Holmes in the background, begins to investigate Things become desperate than either of them expected as Mary s search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced.
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