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PublisherChicago Review Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100897335090

ISBN-139780897335096

eBay Product ID (ePID)2243593

Product Key Features

Book TitleFly Has a Hundred Eyes

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / General, Historical

Publication Year2005

GenreFiction

AuthorAileen Baron

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-014163

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisIt is the summer of 1938 and Jerusalem is in chaos. The atmosphere teems with intrigue as terrorists roam the countryside and the British are losing control of the Mandate, even as Europe nervously teeters on the brink of World War II. Against this backdrop of international tensions, Lily Sampson, an American graduate student, is involved in a dig -- an important excavation directed by the eminent British archaeologist, Geoffrey Eastbourne. An important member of the dig is murdered as he makes his way to the opening of the Rockefeller Museum. At the same time, precious artefacts from the dig go missing, one of which is a beautiful blue glass amphoriskos which Lily herself has excavated. Upset by the loss, she searches for the vial -- enlisting the help of the military attache of the American consulate. But when she contacts the British police, they are evasive and off-putting -- unable or unwilling either to find the murderer or to look into the theft of the amphoriskos. Lily realises that she will get no help from them and sets out on her own to find the vial. When she finds the victim's diary in her tent, she assumes he had left it for her because he feared for his life.Lily's search for information about the murder and the theft of the amphoriskos lead into a labyrinth of extreme danger and intrigue., This impressive historical mystery novel has already won first place in its category at both the Pikes Peak and Southwest Writers Conferences in 2000. It is the summer of 1938 and Jerusalem is in chaos. The atmosphere teems with intrigue as terrorists roam the countryside and the British are losing control of the Mandate, even as Europe nervously teeters on the brink of World War II. Against this backdrop of international tensions, Lily Sampson, an American graduate student, is involved in a dig -- an important excavation directed by the eminent British archaeologist, Geoffrey Eastbourne. As he makes his way to the opening of the Rockefeller Museum, an important member of the dig is murdered. Precious artifacts from the dig are missing, one of which is a beautiful blue glass amphoriskos (a vial about three and a half inches long) which Lily herself had excavated. Upset by this loss, she searches for the vial-enlisting the help of the military attache of the American consulate. But when she contacts the British police, they seem evasive and offputting-unable or unwilling either to find the murderer or to look into the theft of the amphoriskos. Lily realizes that she will get no help from them and sets out on her own to find the vial. When she finds the victim's journal in her tent, she assumes he had left it for her because he feared for his life. Lily's adventurous search for information about the murder and the theft of the amphoriskos lead into a labyrinth of extreme danger and intrigue.

LC Classification NumberPS3602.A8345F58 2002