A letter of Mary / Laurie R. King.
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TextSeries: King, Laurie R. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery ; 3.Publisher: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2016]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: EasyRead large editionDescription: ix, 400 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781458768711 (paperback)Subject(s): Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction | Russell, Mary (Fictitious character), 1900- -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Sussex -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books. DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: August, 1923. The quiet in the Holmes household in Sussex is shaken when Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archaeologist from the Holy Land, appears with an exquisite inlaid box containing a scrap of ancient writing. Miss Ruskin soon dies in a traffic accident that Holmes and Mary prove was murder. But what was the motivation? Was it the little inlaid box holding the manuscript? Or the woman's involvement in the volatile politics of the Holy Land? Or could it have been the manuscript itself - a letter seemingly written by Mary Magdalene that contains a biblical bombshell. Beautifully written and steeped in authentic period detail, A Letter of Mary is a fascinating and intelligent read.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111064787235 |
Originally published: U.S.: St Martin's, 1996.
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August, 1923. The quiet in the Holmes household in Sussex is shaken when Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archaeologist from the Holy Land, appears with an exquisite inlaid box containing a scrap of ancient writing. Miss Ruskin soon dies in a traffic accident that Holmes and Mary prove was murder. But what was the motivation? Was it the little inlaid box holding the manuscript? Or the woman's involvement in the volatile politics of the Holy Land? Or could it have been the manuscript itself - a letter seemingly written by Mary Magdalene that contains a biblical bombshell. Beautifully written and steeped in authentic period detail, A Letter of Mary is a fascinating and intelligent read.
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