Laurie R. King's Mary Russell mystery series sizzles with the intellectual and emotional energy that sparkles between the world-famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Mary, his young wife and partner. Together, they take on tantalizing cases that break new ground in crime detection.

When an old archeologist friend gives Mary Russell a curled scrap of papyrus, Mary is startled to see that it is covered with Greek symbols. The writing may be a letter from an unknown-female-apostle. Soon the old friend has been murdered, the Holmes' cottage has been ransacked, and Mary is faced with a particularly dangerous and painful investigation. From the solitude of the English countryside to the dark teeming streets of London, A Letter of Mary carries the two quick-witted sleuths through a maze of clues and cul-de-sacs. At every turn, the pair realize that they are not only solving a murder, but harboring a relic that could stand Christendom on its ear.