Aspiring archaeologist and occasional detective Laetitia Talbot returns to 1920s Greece to stop a brutal killer in award-winning Barbara Cleverly's cunning new mystery ""for readers who love Elizabeth Peters and Jacqueline Winspear."" *
Award-winning author Barbara Cleverly returns with this spellbinding new mystery featuring aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot. In Athens in 1928, Letty begins a perilous race to unearth a plot steeped in betrayal, seething with retribution, and about to explode in a wave of lethal violence.
In the open-air theatre of the dark god Dionysos, Letty watches a performance of an ancient Greek tragedy. But the revenge that is exacted onstage, the dagger that is wielded, and the blood that flows in full view of the audience are not theatrical effects. As Letty digs for clues, she unearths disturbing secrets and dark animosities with catastrophic implications worthy of a Sophocles-but of far more recent vintage.
Now, as a killer cuts a merciless swath across a country in the throes of political instability, Letty herself steps unawares into the murderer's savage spotlight-a light so bright she may not be able to see the dark figure behind it until it's too late.
By:
Barbara Cleverly Imprint: Bantam US Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 206mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 326g ISBN:9780385339919 ISBN 10: 0385339917 Series:Laetitia Talbot Mystery Pages: 397 Publication Date:15 April 2010 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
