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Feb 13, 2018
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The series goes back to fill in a gap from the first book The Beekeepers Apprentice. It's the end of 1918 and Holmes and Mary Russell have been forced to take leave of England. Given several choices of places where Mycroft has assignments Russell chooses Palestine to travel to. there they meet up with Mahmoud and Ali and start traveling the country as Bedouins. I was worried the book was going to be lots of wandering around again, like the horrible "The Moor" the previous book in the series. For
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A total corker, and Russell and Holmes show off their usual winning combination of smarts and style. Plus, who doesn't love donkeys?
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I really enjoyed following their journeys on a map.
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