About this title: When antiques dealer Lara McClintoch travels to Tuscany to find a priceless sculpture for a shadowy billionaire client, she finds herself in mortal danger.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0425184633 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Good. 0425184633 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0425184633 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0425184633 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Prime Crime, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780425189085ISBN:0425189082
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, spine is lightly creased and slightly rolled, overall a very crisp and clean first Berkley Prime Crime mass market edition! 293 unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled pages! "Lara gets to extend her annual European antiquing tour when she's secretly commissioned by a reclusive billionaire to buy a certain Etruscan sculpture. But Lara's negotiations with the sculpture's owner come to an abrupt end when he turns up ... read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780425189085ISBN:0425189082
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers show moderate edge wear. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prime Crime, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780425184639ISBN:0425184633
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; moderate edge wear/ spine bumped/ several page tips creased. read more
"I think these books can get old fast. This is only the second one and I have another one from the library, but I returned one without reading it and cancelled another hold. If you're interested in archaelogical history, then you might enjoy them more than I did. I found it too much like a lecture, interrupting the momentum of the mystery. The author obviously had (I'm sosry to say she died recently) a lot of knowledge - and passion - for her subject, but unless it was a period I'm interested in (like "The Celtic Riddle"), it just gets in the way of the reason I'm reading the book - the mystery.
In this book, there were way too many characters involved and most of them were not well-developed. I certainly have a lot of respect for her ability to keep them all straight and bring them in at various points in the book, but by the end, I just didn't care - and five minutes after putting it down, couldn't tell you who the murderer(s) was/were."
"The Etruscan Chimera by Canadian writer Lyn Hamilton is the latest in her series of murder mystery novels that take place in interesting foreign locations and which deal with the theft of archaeological antiquities. This story takes place in the Tuscan area of Italy, once inhabited by people known as Etruscans, who were eventually conquered and assimilated into the Roman Empire. The heroine is a Toronto antique dealer Lara McClintoch, also featured in Hamilton's previous five novels. Reclusive billionaire Crawford Lake hires her to find and buy an ancient Etruscan artifact. The plot includes mystery, murder, intrigue and travel throughout northern Italy, all ingredients for an exciting novel. The exact regurgitation of which is not relevant. I would compare Hamilton's writing to a more exciting form of the Agatha Christie novel. This comparison is especially relevant when Lara McClintoch brings together all the possible suspects into one final climatic, revelatory scene, in true Hercules Perrot fashion. I thing anyone that is interested in Rome or Tuscany, archaeological antiquities or just loves murder mysteries will find this novel a simple, fast-moving, enjoyable read."
"Perhaps the best book of those I've read in this series (I've read 5, I think), this one concerns the black market for antiquities and those who love the ancient Etruscans. Fine twisted plot, more than one death/murder, and better, leaner writing."
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