**In skillfully intertwined storylines from the dawn of the twentieth century and the heyday of the Roman Empire, Tasha Alexander's latest installment to her****bestselling series brings Lady Emily and her husband to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city.** **** **** Som
In the Shadow of Vesuvius
β Scribed by Tasha Alexander
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Series
- Lady Emily Mysteries 14
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1250164753
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β¦ Synopsis
In skillfully intertwined storylines from the dawn of the twentieth century and the heyday of the Roman Empire, Tasha Alexander's latest installment to her bestselling series brings Lady Emily and her husband to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city.
Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii, she sets in motion a deadly chain of events that ties her future to the fate of a woman whose story had been lost for nearly two thousand years.
Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have accompanied her dear friend Ivy Brandon on a trip to Pompeii. When they uncover a corpse and the police dismiss the murder as the work of local gangsters, Emily launches an investigation of her own. She seems to be aided by the archaeologists excavating the ruins, including a moody painter, the enigmatic site director, and a free-thinking...
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