The God of the Hive (44 page)
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Authors: Laurie R. King
Tags: #Fiction, #Historical, #Thrillers, #Suspense
The God of the Hive
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2010 by Laurie R. King
Map copyright © 2010 by Jeffrey L. Ward
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
BANTAM BOOKS and the rooster colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
King, Laurie R.
The god of the hive : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes / Laurie R. King.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-553-90768-1
1. Russell, Mary (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private
investigators—England—Fiction. 3. Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious
character)—Fiction. 4. Holmes, Mycroft (Fictitious character)—Fiction.
5. Married people—Fiction. 6. Fathers and sons—Fiction.
7. Granddaughters—Fiction. 8. Conspiracies—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.I4813G64 2010
813′.54—dc22
2009052807
v3.0
Table of Contents
Book One - Saturday, 30 August–Tuesday, 2 September 1924
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Book Two - Sunday, 31 August–Thursday, 4 September 1924
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Book Three - Thursday, 4 September–Sunday, 7 September 1924
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Book Four - Sunday, 7 September–Tuesday, 9 September 1924
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
