Sphinx
It was the magic and mystery of an empire long past that beautiful Erica Baron came to explore. Innocently she cast her eyes in forbidden places and discovered the clue to a treasure beyond imagination. It was then that terror overtook her, as the most fearful curse of the ancient world and the...
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It was the magic and mystery of an empire long past that beautiful Erica Baron came to explore. Innocently she cast her eyes in forbidden places and discovered the clue to a treasure beyond imagination. It was then that terror overtook her, as the most fearful curse of the ancient world and the most savage menace of the modern one threatened to detroy her. One dangerously attractive man offered Erica help...he offered her protection...he offered her love. And in this strange, exotic land of seductive evils, where no one could be trusted, desire became for Erica the deadliest snare of all...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451159496 (0451159497)
Publish date: 1983-01-01
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's & Sons
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Medical,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Action,
Suspense,
Egypt,
Fiction
Perhaps this was Robin Cook's thinking:"Sphinx" = Egypt"Sphinx" = riddle"Riddle" = mysterySphinx = mystery in Egypt.In any case, no sphinx figures into the plot of this novel, but it is an Egyptological mystery/thriller.Young, beautiful Egyptologist Erica Baron, while on a sort of working vacation i...
I was disappointed at first that this wasn't one of Cook's typical Medical Thrillers. However, I did end up enjoying the story.
A most excellent non-medical mystery set in Egypt.
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