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Title: A Monstrous Regiment of Women

Subtitle: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Book 2

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

While visiting London, Mary Russell comes across a friend from Oxford. The young woman introduces Mary to Margery Childe, charismatic leader of a religious sect involved in the suffrage movement.

When several members of the sect's female volunteers are murdered, Mary starts to investigate - but events spiral out of control, and Mary's search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced....

Members Reviews:

Happy Surprise

I'm a long time Sherlock Holmes fan and finding this series of books was a very happy surprise. Laurie King is a very bright author with an intricate intellect and has done a masterful job of winding, or better, intermingling her stories through the fastidiously constructed history of the brilliant and clever fictional detective.

Another Winner from King

Mary Russell takes her relationship with Sherlock to another level in this story. The story centers on a religious group of women (or is it a cult) that Russell infiltrates. One of the things I like best about King is that she gives no easy answers. This story leaves the reader making up their own mind about certain elements of the story, which just adds to its suspense. The writing is crisp and exciting. There is plenty of food for thought. Everything good in a story can be found within.

Simply Alright

Will read more of this series but this one disappointed. I was confused regarding the actual plot until well over a third of the way through. I preserved on the basis of the writing and my own high hopes for the series.

Mary Russell herself is the intrigue

When I was a child in the 60s Nancy Drew was practically the only female protagonist available to me. Of course I also thoroughly enjoyed the Holmes books too. Neither quite satisfied in some ways. It always had to be emphasized how "plucky" Nancy was while to keep her center stage the boyfriend was nondescript. Holmes of course was almost entirely in a male world. I have grown and evolved, as has our society in many ways and Mary Russell brings it all together in a very fun, satisfying and unpredictable way that leaves me wanting to enter this world again.

Interesting idea, but...

The book is amusing. However, it is not a well written book: it lacks in the plot department. The story meanders and two thirds into the book one starts to wonder when the mystery is going to get momentum. Finally, close to the end, the author must have remembered that the she is actually writing a crime/ mystery story and not a church/women's lib book.

I wanted to read a mystery and not some pseudo historical blah. Sherlock and Russell were of interest to me, not some full length church sermons (I'd go to church for that). I guess, I would compare it to the tabloids available at the cash register: amusing but without substance.