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The scorpion's tail

Preston, Douglas J. (author.). Child, Lincoln, (author.).

Summary: A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body - and the bizarre cause of death - Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.

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  • ISBN: 9781538747278
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    401 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0
Subject: United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
Archaeologists -- Fiction
Mummies -- Fiction
Genre: Suspense fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.

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The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child's Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include Crooked River, Old Bones, Verses for the Dead, and City of Endless Night.

 
In addition to his novels, Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for The New Yorker and National Geographic magazines. Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including bestsellers such as Full Wolf Moon and Deep Storm.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly "strangely entertaining note" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.

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