num_pages: 278
description: Winner of the Nero Wolfe AwardIt is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, 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? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn.
language: English
title: A Monstrous Regiment of Women
titlecomplete: A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell #2)
characters: Dr. John Watson, Mrs. Hudson (Conan Doyle series), Inspector Lestrade, Mary Russell, Margery Childe, Veronica Beaconsfield, Sherlock Holmes (Russell & Holmes series)
genres: Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Detective, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 25400
places: London, England
series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Nero Award
publisher: Picador