"In the Mary Russell series (first entry: The Beekeeper's Apprentice), fifteen-year-old Russell meets Sherlock Holmes on the Sussex Downs in 1915, becoming his apprentice, then his partner. The series follows their amiably contentious partnership into the 1920s as they challenge each other to ever greater feats of detection."
What I read in January 2024, and a look at what's on my to read list for February
The Moby Dick Big Read - each chapter read by a different voice, including those of Nathaniel Philbrick, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir David Attenborough and many others, and also a "sort of sequel" to Moby Dick, new in 2024, by Tara Karr Roberts. If you like podcasts, there's also a BBC4 In Our Time podcast discussing Moby Dick, at the bottom of this post.
