The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross: A Shadwell Rafferty Adventure (2002 Winter Book)

The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross: A Shadwell Rafferty Adventure, published by Minnesota Center for Book Arts in 2002, is the 14th in MCBA’s Winter Book series.

The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross is the first Winter Book to feature a series character and the first in which Rafferty dissects a mystery on his own. Set at the turn of the century, the story centers on the theft of a valuable cross from the old St. Paul Cathedral, which stood at Sixth and St. Peter. “Rafferty reads about this mystery in the newspaper, suspicious things happen, he inserts himself into the action and delivers a Christmas present,” says Millett, who had never written short story fiction. “I designed it to be a holiday story with a Victorian, Dickensian sort of feel.”

Standard Edition

The standard edition on Mohawk Superfine consists of 125 copies numbered and signed by the author and artist, case bound by Steven Filler with an accompanying print folio.