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A review by jackirenee
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King
4.0
If I didn't already love this book, page 225 sealed the deal. On this page, Mary Russell states, "and (I) met an odd man named Tolkien, a reader in English literature at Leeds who has a passion for early Anglo-Saxon poetry and runes and such."
Mary Russell, the rather young wife of aging Sherlock Holmes, meets up with a friend and is given into her custody a letter which may have been written by Mary Magdalene, as the apostle of Jesus. What follows is murder and suspense, and a mystery to solve.
This is the first, but will not be the last, Mary Russell novel I have read and I adored her character. She is intelligent, loyal, clever, and witty. She is an independent woman in the 1920's who can match wits with one of the world's greatest minds.
My only complaint, that the letter from Mary Magdalene was left in the shadows. The last chapter of the book explains this, but as a lover of stories surrounding Mary of Magdala and the role of women in early Christianity, I wished the letter had more of a role in the storyline.
Mary Russell, the rather young wife of aging Sherlock Holmes, meets up with a friend and is given into her custody a letter which may have been written by Mary Magdalene, as the apostle of Jesus. What follows is murder and suspense, and a mystery to solve.
This is the first, but will not be the last, Mary Russell novel I have read and I adored her character. She is intelligent, loyal, clever, and witty. She is an independent woman in the 1920's who can match wits with one of the world's greatest minds.
My only complaint, that the letter from Mary Magdalene was left in the shadows. The last chapter of the book explains this, but as a lover of stories surrounding Mary of Magdala and the role of women in early Christianity, I wished the letter had more of a role in the storyline.