Order of Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes Books
Mary Russell is a fictional detective featured in a series of books by American novelist Laurie R. King. The series is written in past-tense by an older Mary Russell, who tells her memoirs from about 1915 to 1920. She meets a middle-aged version of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who becomes her mentor.
The Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series began in 1994 with The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. Below is a list of Laurie R. King’s books in order of when they were originally published (with notes on when the chronological order differs from the publication order):
Publication Order of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Books
| The Beekeeper's Apprentice | (1994) |    |
| A Monstrous Regiment of Women | (1995) | |
| A Letter of Mary | (1996) | |
| The Moor | (1998) | |
| O Jerusalem | (1999) | |
| Justice Hall | (2002) | |
| The Game | (2004) | |
| Locked Rooms | (2005) | |
| The Language of Bees | (2009) | |
| The God of the Hive | (2010) | |
| Beekeeping for Beginners | (2011) | |
| Pirate King | (2011) | |
| Garment of Shadows | (2012) | |
| Dreaming Spies | (2015) | |
| The Marriage of Mary Russell | (2016) | |
| The Murder of Mary Russell | (2016) | |
| Mary Russell's War | (2016) | |
| Island of the Mad | (2018) | |
| Riviera Gold | (2020) | |
| Castle Shade | (2021) | |
Chronological Order of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes BooksThe events of O Jerusalem take place towards the end of The Beekeeper's Apprentice. | ||
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