A Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Free Audiobook Download by Laurie R. King
The case of a missing university student drags her friends and allies into the world of criminal investigation. Her disappearance turns out to be a mystery that only Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes' stepdaughter, can solve.
Laurie R. King's novel A Monstrous Regiment of Women features the unlikely collaboration between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Mary Russell - a widow and former government agent - as they attempt to stop a mysterious woman from killing her husband for his fortune in order to fund an anarchist plot. The audiobook, narrated by Jenny Sterlin, is read at the perfect pace that kept me interested through the story's hectic pace.
This audiobook features the story of a woman who is trying to unravel a mystery. Her name is Barbara and she has been given a letter that was written by her aunt. The letter tells of a young woman who disappeared in 1945. In order to find out what happened, she hires Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Mary Russell, to investigate.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes is a crime novel by Laurie R. King, who also wrote The Beekeeper's Apprentice and Poison Study. These books are narrated by Jenny Sterlin, who does an excellent job. It tells the story of a young woman named Mary Russell who becomes friends with Sherlock Holmes after her father is killed in a case that seems to be connected to his death. This book was interesting from the beginning and I enjoyed listening to it.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are detectives in the same London society. They meet when she is 21, just after her father dies, and he is 46. The story covers their time together as they go on dangerous cases. In a modern day world that is rife with unfairness and prejudice, the two have to use their wits to get through life's problems. The audiobook download of the novel has a narrator named Jenny Sterlin who does an amazing job at voicing both characters.
In A Monstrous Regiment of Women, Laurie R. King introduces her world of the secret service. Many people know the basics of the agency, but few know much about how it operates on a day-to-day basis. This novel tells the story of three friends that decide to take one last trip together before they leave for college, and their last case as agents. One night, they are approached by someone from a major corporation in London who asks them to help out with one last job before they leave town. At first, they are hesitant because the company is just too big to consider taking the job seriously. But then their friend offers them an incentive: if they take this job, she will write a letter of recommendation that would secure them any position at any university in the United States with no problem whatsoever—even if it's already full.
Published Date | 2014-01-07 |
Duration | 11 hours 45 minutes |
Author | Laurie R. King |
Narrated | Jenny Sterlin |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Mystery, Thriller & Horror |
Parent Category | Historical, Suspense, General |