The Scorpion's Bite
$34.20
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2012
Summary
It is 1943 and the world is at war. Archaeologist Lily Sampson has been sent to Trans-Jordan by the OSS, along with Gideon Weil, the famous director of the American School of Archeology in Jerusalem. As part of their survey, they roam the beautiful, silent desert where the indelible presence of Lawrence of Arabia still lingers, and where the ancient Nabateans once ruled an empire from their capital in Petra. But soon Lily and Gideon are stranded in the Wadi Rum, and their Bedouin guide is mur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590587553 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590587553 |
| Author: | Aileen G. Baron |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Lily Sampson Mysteries |
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Critics Review
“the issues she raises about Western versus Islamic cultural values couldn’t be more timely.”–Publishers Weekly of The Torch of Tangier“Baron wrote her first novel about Lily Sampson (A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes) when she was 76 years old. She returns here with a story that is just as riveting and suspenseful.” –Library Journal of The Torch of Tangier“Those who like their thrillers steeped in exotic climes will find intriguing political and cultural conflict aplenty as Lily becomes the lynchpin for a vital Allied operation” –Booklist of The Torch of Tangier
Aileen G. Baron
Aileen Baron has a Ph.D. in archaeology and taught for twenty years in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton. Her many years of archaeological fieldwork in the Middle East include a year at the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem as an NEH scholar, and director of the overseas campus of California State Universities at the Hebrew University. Her residence in Switzerland, the hub of the antiquities trade, and her experience in museums has given her an insight into the underside of the trade in ancient art, the focus of her latest mystery, The Gold Of Thrace.
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