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| Original Title: | A Letter of Mary : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes |
| ISBN: | 000651085X (ISBN13: 9780006510857) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.laurierking.com/?page_id=1207 |
| Series: | Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #3 |
| Characters: | Mary Russell, Inspector Lestrade, Dorothy Ruskin, Colonel Dennis Edwards, Erica Rogers, Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Russell & Holmes series) |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
Laurie R. King
Paperback | Pages: 339 pages Rating: 3.99 | 16821 Users | 1030 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #3) |
| Author | : | Laurie R. King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 339 pages |
| Published | : | 2001 by HarperCollins (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Mystery |
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Guilty. I committed a great reading faux-pas.Years ago I read The Beekeeper's Apprentice and A Monstrous Regiment of Women. My book group was reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice , so I reread it and loved it even more than I remembered. I decided to buy the next two books in the series, A Monstrous Regiment of Women and A Letter of Mary, but alas, book #3, A Letter of Mary, arrived first.
This was quite frustrating. I was so excited to read them and now I was presented with a dilemma. On the one hand, I believe that books should be read in order, it’s really the only way. On the other hand, I was aching to read more in this series. I decided to satiate my desire by just reading a few pages....
Of course I should have known that I’m not to be trusted to stop reading a good book. And it was so good, so tantalizing, I found myself reading clear through to the end. I justified it by saying that I had already read A Monstrous Regiment of Women at one point, but I still felt like I’d been caught with my hand in the cookie jar.
There is something so perfect about these books. I enjoy the mystery but I love the dialogue. I love the setting and the characters. I love the realism and how the characters pop to life.
Mary and Sherlock are delightful in every way. Surprisingly, the age difference doesn’t bother me. It’s because their relationship is so sweet and tender. Most romances in books these days seem to play the lust card too heavily, focusing on the physical instead of the emotional and mental. King hardly ever touches the physical side of the relationship between Sherlock and Mary, but how much they care is felt in every word and gesture. That is a TRUE love story. It also makes you really think about what is important in relationships.
After I read this book I did the only thing a true book lover could do when presented with a fabulous series – I got on Amazon and bought all the rest.
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Ratings: 3.99 From 16821 Users | 1030 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #3)
After the disappointment of A Monstrous Regiment of Women, I was not very much inclined to read the next installment in the Mary Russell series, titled A Letter of Mary. I decided to forge on, though, in the hopes that this will prove better than the last one, and that it might wash away some of the bitter aftertaste of disappointment in the last book.In this novel, Holmes and Russell appear to be settling well into married life after the events of A Monstrous Regiment of Women, when they areDorothy Ruskin, an archaeologist that Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes met previously, returns to England for a brief visit. Dorothy gives Russell a beautiful box that contains a papyrus letter purported to be written by Mary of Magdala. It is an intriguing mystery which would be challenging to authenticate. A few days after Dorothy's visit, Holmes picks up the newspaper and finds a notice from the police seeking assistance in identifying a pedestrian killed in a hit and run. Sadly, the victim
Preferred this one to book 2 though I'm still not sure if I'm down with this relationship
Every time I read this I want to learn Hebrew and Greek and go study theology. It's probably a bit late for that, so I'll have to settle for re-reading this on a regular basis and dipping into the Apocrypha on occasion.
I liked this one quite a bit more than the second book. I'm still on the fence with the whole Mary/Sherlock relationship. Thankfully it's less of a 'romance' aspect and more of a 'just a fact' aspect. I'll take that. This one had a lot of very sly references and name drops (Tolkien anyone?) that really tickled me as well. I'm looking forward to the next one again.Edit - I'll say the audio books on these are lovely. I don't like audio books as a rule but this particular narrator is fantastic, at
Another lovely book in this series.I don't have much to say about it, honestly. I thought the mystery was pretty good, although it didn't fully consume me as I would have liked. I still love Holmes and Mary. They're so cute together especially since (spoiler for the second book, so don't read the rest of this sentence) they're married now. That comment about the firstborn, though.... baby on the way? I can't see Holmes having a baby -- although it was hinted that he already had an illegitimate
4.5 stars. A librarian who met her recently told me that Laurie R. King is a "true intellectual," and after reading this third book in the Mary Russell series, I have to agree. Her books read like classics. They are books to savor and to thoroughly enjoy. I truly enjoyed this installment, and will definitely be continuing with the series. It didn't earn a five from me because it lacks the emotional power of my recent fives. However, it's extremely well-written, intelligent, and I love Russell
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