A Letter of Mary: A Mary Russell Novel
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Picked this up at the Book Thing, for BC. (signed copy)
This is my 68th registration for the BC Race to 3 Million challenge.
From the cover -
"It appears to be a letter," I said slowly,
"from a woman named Mariam, or Mary.
She refers to herself as an apostolos of
Joshua, or Jesus, the Anointed One,
and it is addressed to her sister -
in the town of Magdala."
August 1923. All is quiet in the Holmes household in Sussex as Mary Russell works on academic research while Sherlock Holmes conducts malodorous chemistry experiments. But the peace quickly disappears as out of the past comes Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archeologist from the Holy Land, who brings the couple a lovely inlaid box with a tattered roll of stained papyrus inside.
The evening following their meeting, Miss Ruskin dies in a traffic accident that Holmes and Mary soon 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 scroll itself, a deeply troubling letter that seems to have been written by Mary Magdalene and that contains a biblical bombshell...
This is my 68th registration for the BC Race to 3 Million challenge.
From the cover -
"from a woman named Mariam, or Mary.
She refers to herself as an apostolos of
Joshua, or Jesus, the Anointed One,
and it is addressed to her sister -
in the town of Magdala."
August 1923. All is quiet in the Holmes household in Sussex as Mary Russell works on academic research while Sherlock Holmes conducts malodorous chemistry experiments. But the peace quickly disappears as out of the past comes Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archeologist from the Holy Land, who brings the couple a lovely inlaid box with a tattered roll of stained papyrus inside.
The evening following their meeting, Miss Ruskin dies in a traffic accident that Holmes and Mary soon 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 scroll itself, a deeply troubling letter that seems to have been written by Mary Magdalene and that contains a biblical bombshell...
Sadly, MaryZee passed suddenly in September 2012. MaryZee's daughter is now ready to rehome her mom's books and I was willing to collect and redistribute them to keep her literary legacy alive.
In memory of MaryZee, I hope this book will continue to travel and find many eager readers. Thank you, 6of8, for bringing me this and other books Of MaryZee's to share.
Journal Entry 4 by 
SqueakyChu
at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, January 4, 2019
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, January 4, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (1/11/2019 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'm releasing this book for...
*** The 2019 Clean Start Release Challenge hosted by BOOKWORMINUSALL. The title and/or author's name contains the word OF.
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Enjoy the book!
*** The 2019 Clean Start Release Challenge hosted by BOOKWORMINUSALL. The title and/or author's name contains the word OF.
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Enjoy the book!
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...
Journal Entry 6 by SqueakyChu at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA on Monday, March 25, 2019
SqueakyChu at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA on Monday, March 25, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/28/2019 UTC) at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This book is being released at the BookCrossing booth at the Kensington International Day of the Book street festival. BCinDC, my local Bookcrossing group, has proudly participated in this festival since its inception over a decade ago!
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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
I have read this book and several others in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King. Saw it today on the BookCrossing Table hosted by the BCinDC members. I journaled it but have left it on the BC book table for someone else to enjoy. The original registration of this book was by BC'er "MaryZee". This book is being journaled in her memory.
