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Violence
Barely any
A murder to investigate; no graphic violence
Language
None
Clean language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content between the married protagonists
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of faith, historical discovery, and the partnership of equals
What this book is about
The third Mary Russell novel finds Russell and Holmes in 1923, when a letter written by Mary Magdalene surfaces — and the archaeologist who brought it to them turns up dead. Laurie R. King's historical mystery series features one of detective fiction's great partnerships, giving Holmes a female intellectual equal in Russell. A classic cozy-adjacent mystery with considerable historical depth.
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