An Arnold Landon mystery After Arnold Landon's professional expertise is called into question in the trial of Islwyn Evans, an antiques dealer charged with handling stolen goods, he is further humiliated when his boss Karen Stannard suggests he should undergo professional retraining. His consequent attendance at a conference in Rome leads him into the world of Roman grave robbers known as the tombaroli, and with his guide Carmela he stumbles upon a revenge killing in an ancient tomb in the Etruscan city of the dead. Back in ...
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An Arnold Landon mystery After Arnold Landon's professional expertise is called into question in the trial of Islwyn Evans, an antiques dealer charged with handling stolen goods, he is further humiliated when his boss Karen Stannard suggests he should undergo professional retraining. His consequent attendance at a conference in Rome leads him into the world of Roman grave robbers known as the tombaroli, and with his guide Carmela he stumbles upon a revenge killing in an ancient tomb in the Etruscan city of the dead. Back in Northumberland DCI O'Connor has his own problems: detailed to investigate the activities of an international smuggling ring dealing in ancient artefacts he finds himself attracted to the wife of a wealthy businessman and as his investigations proceed he faces a conflict between his personal life and his professional duties. Arnold is merely seeking to retrieve his reputation but the paths of the two men converge when a professional killer enters the country from Italy, to continue the revenge killings that had begun in the city of the dead. For both Arnold and O'Connor the solution lies in discovering the whereabouts of the missing antiques dealer.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 286 pages. An Arnold Landon Mystery, No. 16. Archaeologist Arnold Landon's attendance at a conference in Rome leads him into the world of professional grave robbers, when he stumbles upon a revenge killing in the Etruscan city of the dead. Back in less glamorous Northumberland, DCI O'Connor has his own problems, investigating an international smuggling ring in ancient artifacts. The paths of the two men converge when a professional killer arrives to continue the blood feud begun in Italy. For Landon and O'Connor the solution seems to lie in the whereabouts of a missing antiques dealer.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st printing thus. As New hardcover in As New DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 208 pp. This is a new, unread book.
