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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.…
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A Laetitia Talbot Mystery - 2: Bright Hair About the Bone, Barbara Cleverly
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- A Laetitia Talbot Mystery - 2: Bright Hair About the Bone
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Barbara Cleverly
- Publisher
- Delta Trade Paperbacks
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 401
- ISBN10
- 0385339895
- ISBN13
- 9780385339896
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Suspense, France, Great Britain, Detective, Mysterious, Mysteries, Archaeology, Historical Mystery
- Description
- 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.…