Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes return in a series the
Chicago Tribune calls "as audacious as it is entertaining and moving"
It is 1921, and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--finds herself on the verge of acquiring a sizeable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes himself, and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell's attentions turn to Margery Childe, the leader of the New Temple of God--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 surprisingly amorous turn.
