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A Letter of Mary - Laurie R. King

By Laurie R. King

Release Date: 2010-08-24

Genre: Detective Novels

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From a New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author, follow Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this next "lively adventure" as they investigate an ancient letter and a puzzling murder (The New York Times Book Review).

It is 1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the summer together on their Sussex estate when they are visited by an old friend, Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient manuscript which seems to hint at the possibility that Mary Magdalene was an apostle—an artifact certain to stir up a storm of biblical proportions in the Christian establishment.

When Ruskin is suddenly killed in a tragic accident, Russell and Holmes find themselves on the trail of a fiendishly clever murderer. A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King is brimming with political intrigue, theological arcana, and brilliant Holmesian deductions.

Praise for A Letter of Mary

"The great marvel of King's series is that she's managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes's character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart. . . . superb." —The Washington Post Book World

"A wonderful book, simultaneously inventive, charming, witty, and suspenseful. I loved it." —Elizabeth George

"An intellectual puzzler, full of bright red herrings and dazzling asides." —Chicago Tribune

A Letter of Mary - Laurie R. King

By Laurie R. King

Release Date: 2010-08-24

Genre: Detective Novels

(0 ratings)
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From a New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author, follow Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this next "lively adventure" as they investigate an ancient letter and a puzzling murder (The New York Times Book Review).

It is 1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the summer together on their Sussex estate when they are visited by an old friend, Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient manuscript which seems to hint at the possibility that Mary Magdalene was an apostle—an artifact certain to stir up a storm of biblical proportions in the Christian establishment.

When Ruskin is suddenly killed in a tragic accident, Russell and Holmes find themselves on the trail of a fiendishly clever murderer. A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King is brimming with political intrigue, theological arcana, and brilliant Holmesian deductions.

Praise for A Letter of Mary

"The great marvel of King's series is that she's managed to preserve the integrity of Holmes's character and yet somehow conjure up a woman astute, edgy, and compelling enough to be the partner of his mind as well as his heart. . . . superb." —The Washington Post Book World

"A wonderful book, simultaneously inventive, charming, witty, and suspenseful. I loved it." —Elizabeth George

"An intellectual puzzler, full of bright red herrings and dazzling asides." —Chicago Tribune

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The Beekeeper's Apprentice

Dreaming Spies

The Murder of Mary Russell

Garment of Shadows

The Game

Pirate King (with bonus short story Beekeeping for Beginners)

The Bones of Paris

O Jerusalem

The God of the Hive

The Marriage of Mary Russell

Locked Rooms

Justice Hall

Riviera Gold

The Language of Bees

The Art of Detection

Island of the Mad

The Lantern's Dance

Castle Shade

Mary Russell's War

A Study in Sherlock

Knave of Diamonds

Touchstone

Back to the Garden

Night Work

Folly

Califia's Daughters

The Mary Russell Series Books 2-4

A Darker Place

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

The Mary Russell Companion

Lockdown

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes

Keeping Watch

The Moor

A Letter of Mary

Hellbender

The Kate Martinelli Series, Books 1-3

In League with Sherlock Holmes

Mila's Tale

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Those Who Are Gone

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes

Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

A Grave Talent

For the Sake of the Game

With Child

To Play the Fool

Crime and Thriller Writing

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