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and Burt Gabriel at the Hiller Air Museum; Francis King and Keith Jillings helped me get a 1924 Bristol Tourer into the air, on paper anyway. Cara Black nudged my French, Doug P. Lyle, MD gave me all kinds of problems when he corrected my forensic history, and Vicki Van Valkenburgh and Kathy Long helped keep my electronic identity in order.

As always, I owe the librarians of UCSC's McHenry Library a hive's-worth of blessings, for their boundless energy and creativity.

A portion of the proceeds from this book go to the beehive project of Heifer International. For details, see my website at www.LaurieRKing.com.

About the Author

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of nine Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, and the acclaimed novels A Darker Place, Folly, Keeping Watch, and Touchstone. She is one of only two novelists to win the Best First Crime Novel awards on both sides of the Atlantic, from MWA and CWA. She lives in northern California where she is at work on her next Russell and Holmes mystery.

THE LANGUAGE OF BEES

A Bantam Book / May 2009

Published by

Bantam Dell

A Division of Random House, Inc.

New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents

either are the product of the author's imagination or are used

fictiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,

events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2009 by Laurie R. King

Bantam Books is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the

colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

King, Laurie R.

The language of bees: a Mary Russell novel / Laurie R King.

p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-553-90646-2

1. Russell, Mary (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private

investigators—England—Fiction. 3. Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious

character)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3561.I4813L36 2009

813′.54—dc22

2009004039

www.bantamdell.com

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