A Letter of Mary: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock HolmesThe third book in the Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series. |
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... sound . Let me see . " I felt his arm come across my desk , and I heard the letter whisper as it was plucked up . " The envelope is from the Hôtel Imperial in Paris , a name which contains distinct overtones of sagging mattresses and ...
... Sounds like the standard hard- luck story to convince a gullible European to hand over some cash , but somehow the man didn't strike me that way . Dignified , not begging . And his right hand was indeed scarred and nearly useless ...
... sounds like a sort of household god , doesn't it ? They hadn't known there was any- thing inside the figure . Nothing much happened , though , and after a while his father put the manuscript into a box he had been given by some European ...
... sounds inadequate , but if you wanted to be sure it has a good home , it has found one . I shall cherish it . " An enigmatic smile played briefly over her lips , as at a secret joke , but she said , only , " That's all I wanted ...
... sounds trivial , a minor disturbance on the surface of our lives , but it was no less ominous than a stream's roil that , to the experienced eye , shouts of the great boulder below . Marriage attunes a person to nuances in behaviour ...
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A Letter of Mary: A thrilling mystery for Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Laurie R. King No preview available - 2014 |