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A Letter of Mary

By Laurie R. King

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780553577808

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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, amatContinue

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.

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  • The Mary Russell series bounces back in the third offering of the series. My high hopes were dashed a bit after the second book, which I found to be a bit plodding. The pacing of the third installment is much improved.

    Mary meets with a friend visiting from the Holy Land who might have an ar ... (continue)

    The Mary Russell series bounces back in the third offering of the series. My high hopes were dashed a bit after the second book, which I found to be a bit plodding. The pacing of the third installment is much improved.

    Mary meets with a friend visiting from the Holy Land who might have an archaeological find of major importance. Soon after that meeting, she is found dead after a hit and run accident. But is it really an accident? Russell and Holmes get involved with investigating the death and bring the book to a satisfying conclusion.

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  • English Books
  • Mass Market Paperback 352 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0553577808
  • ISBN-13: 9780553577808
  • Publisher: Bantam
  • Pub date: Jan 05, 1998
  • Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Audio Cassette
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