With the same flawless storytelling that earned her the CWA Historical Dagger Award, Barbara Cleverly delivers a dazzling new novel. Sweeping us to the exotic island of Crete in 1928, Cleverly introduces a marvelous new heroine: whip-smart and spirited Laetitia Talbot, an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure-and for the mysteries that only the keenest eyes can see. Born into a background of British privilege, Laetitia Talbot has been raised to believe there is no field in which she may not excel. She has chosen a career in the male-dominated world of archaeology, but she approaches her first assignment in Crete the only way she knows how-with dash and enthusiasm. Until she enters the Villa Europa, where something is clearly utterly amiss... Her host, a charismatic archaeologist, is racing to dig up the fabled island's next great treasure-even, perhaps, the tomb of the King of the Gods, himself. But then a beautiful young woman is found hanged and a golden youth drives his Bugatti over a cliff. From out of the shadows come whispers of past loves, past jealousies, and ancient myths that sound an eerie discord with present events. Letty will need all her determination and knowledge to unravel the secrets beneath the Villa Europa's roof-and they will lead her into the darkest, most terrifying place of all....
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Diese Serie begleitet die Reise einer ehrgeizigen jungen Frau aus einer angesehenen britischen Familie, die sich mit Eifer und Intellekt in die von Männern dominierte Welt der Archäologie stürzt. Ihre Abenteuer führen sie an exotische Orte, wo sie auf alte Geheimnisse und gefährliche Rätsel stößt. Jeder Fall erfordert nicht nur ihren scharfen Verstand und ihr archäologisches Wissen, sondern auch ihren Mut, sich verborgenen Bedrohungen zu stellen. Sie deckt komplexe Intrigen auf, die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart verbinden, und dringt in dunkle und gefährliche Gebiete vor, um die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen.
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