With their signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, Martha Grimes's _New York Times_ bestselling Richard Jury mysteries are "utterly unlike anyone else's detective novels" (_Washington Post_). In the latest series outing, _The Knowledge_ , the Scotland Yard detective nearly me
The Rule of Knowledge
โ Scribed by Scott Baker
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0733629792
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โฆ Synopsis
When small town high school teacher Shaun Strickland is invited to Cambridge University to deliver a paper on the relationship between Space and Time, he thinks this could be the break he s been waiting for. But as he and his wife speed through the cold Carolina night, his car slams hard into something surging from the bushes. The something turns out to be a someone, carrying an ancient package whose mystery is irresistible. Breaking the seal, Shaun and his wife discover a bundle of documents written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic which seem impossibly old. But there is something else amongst the pages; a book sealed airtight for millennia, written in perfect English. But others know about the book and Shaun is about to find out they are after it and him. Relentlessly pursued, Shaun must immerse himself in an ancient world to uncover the secret that is his only hope of survival.;High school teacher Shaun Strickland is shocked when he receives a last-minute invitation from Cambridge University to deliver a paper on the relationship between space and time, something he has been studying for years. This could be the break he s been longing for. But as he and his wife drive through the cold North Carolina night to catch their flight, their car slams hard into something exploding from the bushes. From that moment, a mind-bending mystery unravels. A strange package seems to be the key. Breaking the seal, Shaun discovers a bundle of ancient documents written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic. But there is something else amongst the pages; a book, seemingly sealed airtight for millennia, written in perfect English, telling a story that will change history. Soon Shaun discovers others are after the book and they won t let anything stand in their way. A debut action thriller that will keep you turning the pages until you have all the answers.
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