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"Lady Sophia Huntington Villiers is no stranger to intrigue, as her work with Alan Turing's Bombe Machines at Bletchley Park during the war attests. Her wartime marriage of convenience to Simon Barre, the eighth earl of Camden, granted her the independence she craved and saved his estate. Now, as part of his covert team in postwar Vienna, she uses her charm to uncover a lethal double agent immersed in the world of relics-including the long lost death...
3) Celtic fire
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"The theft of a whetstone from a Welsh museum and the murder of a curate during a grave robbery seem, at first, like random crimes. But the troubling deeds are linked by a precarious thread. An unusual collection of rare and scattered British antiquities has become a target-- and the relics' value lies in something much more dangerous than money."--P. [4] of cover.
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Called in by the NYPD to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a priceless artifact that once belonged to Catherine the Great, archaeologist Annja Creed must work quickly to find it before it falls into the hands of a cruel mogul with a penchant for tomb-raiding - and murder.
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Lady Emily mystery volume 11
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On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady Emily organizes a holiday in Greece, enjoying ancient ruins, lively debates with Margaret, and more scandalous endeavors with her dashing husband, Colin. But the pleasantries end when a man long believed dead arrives: Lord Philip Ashton, Colin's best friend and Emily's first husband.
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Cotton Malone volume 15
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"In New York Times bestseller, Steve Berry's, latest Cotton Malone adventure, one by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will...