Bright Hair About the Bone: A Laetitia Talbot Mystery
by Barbara Cleverly
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 13
- 9780385339896
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In Burgundy, France in 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own...Thus begins CWA Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverly's dazzling new mystery novel. And soon aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot will find herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making.
Letty's joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniel's violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins to believe that Daniel's death was not a random act. Her investigation into Daniel's murder sends her on a journey into a country's remote history...into the orbit of a privileged French family harbouring its own damning secret...into ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern Christianity - and force a killer out of the shadows as a country devastated by one war lays the groundwork for another...
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In Burgundy, France, in 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own....Thus begins CWA Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverly's dazzling new mystery novel. And soon aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot will find herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making. Letty's joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniel's violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins to believe that Daniel's death was not a random act. Her investigation into Daniel's murder sends her on a journey into a country's remote history...into the orbit of a privileged French family harboring its own damning secret...into ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern Christianity--and force a killer out of the shadows as a country devastated by one war lays the groundwork for another....From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Bright Hair About the Bone
- Author
- Barbara Cleverly
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385339895
- ISBN 13
- 9780385339896
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- barbara cleverly, bright hair about the bone, laetitia talbot mystery, novel, war, archaelogist, conspiracy, tragedy, murder, history, french, secret, celtic, killer,
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- Mystery; Novel; War;
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