A Letter of Mary

a Mary Russell novel Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3

by Laurie R. King

eBook, 275 pages

English language

Published Aug. 22, 2010

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. Brimming with political intrigue, theological arcana, and brilliant Holmesian deductions.

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4 stars

Of all the mystery series I've started in recent months, I think this would fall under the category of literary mystery. King is simply an astounding writer, and I can't get enough of her portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and his fiesty partner/wife, Mary Russell. This one was especially fun, as the murder of one of Russell's friends coincides with the right to vote for women. Intelligent and simply darn good writing.