The Year Is 1923 And Sherlock Holmes And Mary Russell Receive A Visit From Dorothy Ruskin, An Amateur Archaeologist. She Shows Them A Scrap Of Ancient Writing That Is Supposedly Mary Magdalene's. Soon Afterwards She Is M...The Year Is 1923 And Sherlock Holmes And Mary Russell Receive A Visit From Dorothy Ruskin, An Amateur Archaeologist. She Shows Them A Scrap Of Ancient Writing That Is Supposedly Mary Magdalene's. Soon Afterwards She Is Murdered -- But Why?