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The dark legends of Scotland were an archaeologist's dream. Verity Grey was thrilled to be at a dig for an ancient Roman camp in the Scottish village. But danger was in the air--in the icy reserve of archeologist David Fortune. In the haunted eyes to the little boy who had visions of a slain Roman sentinel. And in the unearthly sound of the ghostly Shadowy Horses, who carried men away to the land of the dead.
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Ruth Galloway mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Assisting with the investigation of bones found near England's Saltmarsh region, archaeologist Ruth Galloway discovers that the remains are bizarrely linked to a case involving a disturbed anonymous letter-writer and a missing child.
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Amelia Peabody volume 7
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English
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Amelia Peabody and her husband's lives are threatened when they embark for the pyramids of ancient Egypt.
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Hidden cities volume 3
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English
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"Geena Hodge is an American archeologist working to salvage Venice's past from the encroaching Adriatic Sea. When she and her lover, Nico, discover the lost library of Petrarch under the Piazza San Marco, they rejoice not only at the historical significance of the find but at the opportunity to bring worldwide attention--and much-needed funding--to their endeavors. But that find soon leads to another, a room buried more deeply still: the fabled Chamber...
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Amelia Peabody volume 8
Language
English
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A masked stranger offers to show the hidden tomb of Queen Tetisheri to Amelia Peabody, her husband, and two teenagers, but then disappears before he can disclose the secret.
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Ruth Galloway mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Investigating the discovery of a murdered child on a demolition site, pregnant archaeologist Ruth Galloway teams up with Detective Harry Nelson to discern the victim's identity before realizing that she is being targeted by a dangerous assailant.
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Amelia Peabody volume 3
Language
English
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Disgusted when he is denied access to the pyramids of Dahshoor, Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson, aided by his archaeologist wife Amelia Peabody, finds his curiosity piqued when an antiquities dealer is murdered and a mummy case disappears.
8) Findings
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Faye Longchamp mystery volume 4
Publisher
Poisoned Pen
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Faye Longchamp is overjoyed to be paid to do archaeological work she would have done anyway excavating a site that was once her family's. That joy ends abruptly when intruders break into a dear friends house and leave him dead among the scattered remains of Fayes artifacts. But the open wall safe is untouched, and choice artifacts are left in their cases. There seems to be no motive at all for the vicious crime unless the thieves were aware of the...
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Ruth Galloway mystery volume 15
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a café, they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn out to be modern--the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls on Emily's Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology enthusiast who was...
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Amelia Peabody volume 5
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English
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A night watchman is found dead in the Mummy Room of the British Museum, a look of horror frozen on his face. Before Amelia can respond, a pair of dissolute aristocrats with a shady past appear in her life, together with supernatural curses.
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Amelia Peabody volume 13
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English
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Amelia and her handsome archeologist husband defy German submarines and warring Senussi to embark on another season of exploration and crime solving.
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Amelia Peabody volume 2
Language
English
Description
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb.
13) Badlands
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
Candace enters the Badlands on a scientific expedition to study prehistoric man and fossils. The men with her attempt to plunder the Sioux Nation and everything becomes a nightmare.
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Amelia Peabody volume 9
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English
Description
According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good luck. And that's just what plucky archaeologist Amelia Peabody could use, as her growing family matures in the new century. When the excavation of an unknown tomb reveals a recent murder, the Peabody family must unearth an assassin who'd like to end their discoveries for good.
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Amelia Peabody volume 19
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English
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Hearing that an English adventurer plans to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Emerson and Amelia Peabody go after him in order to prevent an inept excavation and the possibility of armed protest in 1910 Palestine.
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Amelia Peabody volume 12
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English
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Amelia Peabody and her family, back in Egypt in 1914 for another season of archaeological excavation, become caught up in the political turmoil sweeping the country, and when an exquisite artifact from a Giza dig is found where it ought not be, Amelia realizes her villainous arch-nemesis Sethos is at work.
17) Century rain
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English
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Archaeologist Verity Auger spends her time exploring the landscape of Earth, which has been rendered uninhabitable by a technological catastrophe, and when a section of mid-twentieth century Earth is found perfectly preserved, she believes sh has found a link to the past that may help her protect the future.
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Amelia Peabody volume 11
Language
English
Description
In this latest Amelia Peabody mystery there's more trouble in store for our intrepid Egyptologist. This time it is of a distinctly personal nature. Her niece's new, Egyptian husband stands accused of forging priceless antiquities. Is he guilty or merely the fall guy for some unscrupulous villain? Meanwhile, matters are complicated by the arrival of Amelia's detestable nephew who begins an ardently amorous pursuit of her son's wife, Nefret.
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Amelia Peabody volume 4
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English
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The moonlight abduction of Amelia Peabody's son Rameses, and an expedition cursed by misfortune and death, have alerted her to her arch-enemy whose quest is vengenance.
20) Shadow zone
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Series
[Hannah Bryson] volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A discovery by submersible designer Hannah Bryson suggests a possible cause of mythical Atlantis's mysterious demise that has potentially cataclysmic consequences for the modern world.
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