The God of the Hive

This latest Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mystery by Laurie R. King continues last year’s The Language of Bees. Russell and Holmes are separately trying to get back to London from northern Scotland. Russell has a small child with her and is dependent on an American pilot for help. Holmes is on the North Sea traveling with a young man with a gunshot wound and a woman doctor. It’s hard to say much about this book without spoiling its predecessor. I recommend this book, but if you have never read a Russell/Holmes book, please begin with the first book, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice.