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A Letter of Mary : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock
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A Letter of Mary : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Paperback - 2007

by King, Laurie R

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From Edgar Award-winning author Laurie R. King, this national bestseller has met unprecedented acclaim from critics as diverse as "The New York Times Book Review": " a lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company". The case of an amateur archaeologist whose discoveries in the Holy Land may have resulted in her murder, this novel finds the inimitable duo of Russell and Holmes in superlative form. Martin's Press.

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  • Title A Letter of Mary : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
  • Author King, Laurie R
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2007-10-30
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP17036261
  • ISBN 9780312427382 / 0312427387
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.18 x 5.56 x 0.8 in (20.78 x 14.12 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Seasonal: Summer
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, England
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the jacket flap

Late in the summer of 1923, Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the illustrious Sherlock Holmes, are ensconced in their home on the Sussex Downs, giving themselves over to their studies: Russell to her theology, and Holmes to his malodorous chemical experiments. Interrupting the idyllic scene, amateur archaeologist Miss Dorothy Ruskin visits with a startling puzzle. Working in the Holy Land, she has unearthed a tattered roll of papyrus with a message from Mary Magdalene. Miss Ruskin wants Russell to safeguard the letter. But when Miss Ruskin is killed in a traffic accident, Russell and Holmes find themselves on the trail of a fiendishly clever murderer. Clearly there was more to Miss Ruskin than met the eye. But why was she murdered? Was it her involvement in the volatile politics of the Holy Land? Was it her championing of women's rights? Or was it the scroll--a deeply troubling letter that could prove to be a Biblical bombshell? In either case, Russell and Holmes soon find that solving her murder may be murder itself.

About the author

Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels, the acclaimed Mary Russell mysteries, and several stand-alone novels, including the highly praised A Darker Place. She lives in northern California.