Der 77. Grad
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783426633342 (3426633345)
Publish date: 2007
Publisher: Knaur-Taschenbuch-Verl
Pages no: 414
Edition language: Deutsch
This book is a thriller and it is two thrillers in one. There are two stories going on. On the one hand an antiquarian book dealer is hired to translate a manuscript that dates from the sixteenth century and is written in a kind of shorthand from that time. The man who hired him is murdered soon the...
Antiquarian book dealer Harry Blake is called upon to translate and provide a valuation for a journal -- which turns out to belong to a sailor on Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke expedition. When his client is murdered, the man's daughter (Debbie) retains Harry to continue the translation.Pretty soon, ...