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The Beeskeeper's Apprentice is a continuation of Sherlock Holmes adventures as a beeskeeper after he retired with Mary Sue Russell as her side kick as he comeback to taking in detective cases again. Sherlock was amazed as to how Mary Russell's observation skills and the way she thinks. It has the same plot as other Sherlock's book. I liked Mary's character, at young age and after a traumatic event she was able to see good on things despite everything. 3.5/5
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When we first meet Mary Russell, she is a 15-year-old orphan, walking the Sussex Downs near her farm in England. She nearly trips over an “old man,” and soon deduces that he is the retired detective Sherlock Holmes. Mary quickly impresses Holmes with her powers of deduction and a friendship begins. It isn’t long before there is a “minor” case of burglary in the area, which Mary is able to solve, and this cements their relationship and increases Holmes’s interest in taking her on formally as his
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