The Maltese Goddess (Archaeological Mysteries, No. 2)
by:
Lyn Hamilton (author)
Lara McClintoch is obsessed with finding rare and beautiful artifacts. Her travels take her to the ends of the earth, where history jealously guards its treasures--and where the mysteries of the past meet the dangers of the present... Lara flies to Malta to personally furnish the home of...
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Lara McClintoch is obsessed with finding rare and beautiful artifacts. Her travels take her to the ends of the earth, where history jealously guards its treasures--and where the mysteries of the past meet the dangers of the present... Lara flies to Malta to personally furnish the home of Toronto's Martin Galea, whose reputation as an architect is rivaled only by his reputation as a womanizer. But when he turns up dead, Lara soon finds out that her client and his new home share a troubled past--a past that stretches back to the ancient world, and reaches out with the insidious hand of modern intrigue...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425162408 (0425162400)
ASIN: 425162400
Publish date: March 1st 1998
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
Series: An Archaeological Mystery (#2)
More like 2 1/2 stars. All the ingredients for a good solid plot are there: interesting lead character, Lara, she's the reason this gets 3 stars; an interesting locale, Malta, the island's history is well used and doesn't feel like infodump. The problem: the villains are paper thin and the twist at ...
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