β Scribed by Andrew Wilson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The author of the βthrillingβ (The Guardian)A Talent for MurderandA Different Kind of Evilreturns with another stylish mystery starring the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie****as she travels to the excavation of the ancient city of Ur, where she must solve a crime with motives that may be as old as civilization itself.
Fresh from solving the gruesome murder of a British agent in the Canary Islands, mystery writer Agatha Christie receives a letter from a family who believe their late daughter met with foul play. Before Gertrude Bell overdosed on sleeping medication, she was a prominent archaeologist, recovering ancient treasures in the Middle East. Found near her body was a letter claiming that Bell was being followed and to complicate things further, Bell was competing with another archeologist, Mrs. Woolley, for the rights to artifacts of immense value.
Christie travels to far-off Persia, where she meets the enigmatic Mrs. Woolley as she is working on a big and potentially valuable discovery. Temperamental but brilliant, Mrs. Woolley quickly charms Christie but when she does not hide her disdain for the recently deceased Miss Bell, Christie doesnβt know whether to trust herβor if Bellβs killer is just clever enough to hide in plain sight.
With Wilsonβs signature βstrong characters, shrewd plotting and a skillful blending of fact and fictionβ (Shelf Awareness, starred review onA Talent for Murder), this is a thrilling adventure set amidst the cursed ruins of an ancient land.
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