An anthology of short mysteries focussed on the culinary, with a recipe contributed by each author. I couldn't care less about the recipes; none of them interested me, but the mysteries were all very well-written and edited. I have the book itself an overall rating of 3.5 stars as the average rat...
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, paper-read, series, mystery-thriller, published-2006, summer-2013, britain-scotland, archaeology, under-500-ratings, flufferoonies Read from July 08 to 11, 2013 Opening: Of Trevor Wylie it was often said that he was a rogue and you should keep your hand firmly on y...
Opening: Of Trevor Wylie it was often said that he was a rogue and you should keep your hand firmly on your wallet when he was in the vicinity, but that you couldn't be upset with him for long. Somebody, though, stayed angry long enough to kill him.This is pure lightweight with a great setting, so b...
Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch goes to Mexico at the calling of her local expert, Dr. Hernan Castillo Rivera, because he tells her there is an important archaeological dig going on that may result in some new finds for her shop.Almost immediately after Lara's arrival, Castillo Rivera disappears and...
More like 2 1/2 stars. The plot kinda frizzles by the middle of the book and I didn't really care who was the culprit in the end. As most of Hamilton's book the archeology aspect is well done. The cast of characters are uneven at best. Most of them are no more then an outkine of an idea. Still, the ...
More like 2 and 1/2 stars. The mystery is telegraphed in advance through the flashbacks. The 1600's century story is a complete parallel to the modern tale of deceit, death, murder and love lost. This isn't the best of Lyn Hamilton's novel. She tries for moral ambiguity and ends up instead with a ve...
Interesting and intricate mystery inspired by the object everyone wants in this book : The Chimera. As always, the historical, archaeological information is interesting and not put down our throat in info dump paragraphs. Lyn Hamilton successfully merges her mystery plot point with her historical in...
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