The God of the Hive (2010)
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Publication date: April 27, 2010
ISBN: 9780553805543
Russell and Holmes have worked together to solve the most perplexing of cases. Now, The God of the Hive picks up where The Language of Bees left off: with the duo and those they are protecting scattered to the winds, Scotland Yard after them from one side and a shadowy faction of the government from the other—in rickety airplanes above Scotland and on boats in the North Sea; in hidden rooms above London shops and rustic woodland cabins. Chased by those who want them dead, chasing answers to deadly mysteries, the consequences of what they find will circle the globe, and involve a man with a curious identity and a dangerous past. With the God of London’s hive watching them, it will take more than deduction if they ever want to see each other alive again.
To Buy
You can order The God of the Hive at the following locations:
Crossroads Books
Capitola Book Cafe
BookShop Santa Cruz
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
IndieBound
Powell’s Books
LRK Amazon store – proceeds benefit Heifer International!
Barnes & Noble
Borders
What They Say
Booklist: Using short chapters and wielding her virtual pen like a burnished sword, King allows readers to race through this gloriously complex second half of last year’s Language of Bees….How Mary, Holmes, and Mycroft solve [their] conundrum—usually while separated from one another—is delineated in resplendent prose. The nascent and rocky development of air travel and international telephone lines; the effect of a winsome and intelligent child on perhaps overintellectual adults; descriptions of locales and places via scent, texture, and color—all of it makes for utterly absorbing reading.
Seattle Times: The writing of new Holmes stories is a thriving cottage industry within the mystery-fiction genre, but King’s series stands out for several reasons. Her storytelling is robust, confident and lightly sprinkled with grace notes reflecting the author’s background in theology. Her characters, major and minor alike, are always vivid.
Moreover, the partnership between Holmes and Russell is satisfying, intelligent and affectionate. And then there’s King’s ability to merge two-fisted action with scenes of tenderness — as when, at the close of this book, the great detective and his wife take a break from their ripping adventures to attend a tea party their not-always-burdensome granddaughter holds in honor of her dollies.
Links
Panorama of Westminster Bridge
Explore Mary Russell’s World.
Pictures
| From Claude Friese-Greene’s ‘The Open Road’. |
| 1920s footage of London, in color. Views of Westminster Bridge begin at 08:37. (Via kottke.org) |
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| The Stones of Stenness, Orkney | The meeting of sea & land, Orkney |
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| The hill dividing the halves of Mainland Orkney | Ferry on Lake Windermere |
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| Wray Castle, near Lake Windermere | House in the Lake District |
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| One of many stone walls in the Lake District | Lake District fells |
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| London park | The Treasury, where Mycroft Holmes works |
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| The Houses of Parliament | Westminster Hall and the Houses of Parliament |
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| The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge | An Outrageously Named Pub |
