This book is an absorbing blend of archaeological mystery and modern-day murder from the ever-popular Roy Lewis. The sudden death of the Director of the Museums Department, Simon Brent-Ellis, throws the Department into greater than usual turmoil. The atmosphere becomes even more poisonous when the deeply unpopular Steve O'Hara is put on the shortlist to replace Brent-Ellis. When O'Hara's body is found on a golf course with his skull crushed, Arnold Landon's old sparring partner, DCI Culpepper, arrives to investigate and, ...
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This book is an absorbing blend of archaeological mystery and modern-day murder from the ever-popular Roy Lewis. The sudden death of the Director of the Museums Department, Simon Brent-Ellis, throws the Department into greater than usual turmoil. The atmosphere becomes even more poisonous when the deeply unpopular Steve O'Hara is put on the shortlist to replace Brent-Ellis. When O'Hara's body is found on a golf course with his skull crushed, Arnold Landon's old sparring partner, DCI Culpepper, arrives to investigate and, once again, the hapless archaeologist is plunged into a storm of egos, ambitions and warped passions before the murderer is eventually unmasked.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book 1st ed. Very slight spine slant else near fine in dust jacket. The sudden and embarrassing death of its director throws the Museeums and Antiquities Department into greater than usual turmoil. Arnold Landon takes Steve O'Hara to an ancient burial site only to find that Steve is hated by the archaeological community. This is confirmed when Arnold witnesses an unpleasant scene at a major conference. Arnold Landon's sparring partner, DCI Culpepper, arrives to investigate.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the fourteenth novel in the Arnold Landon series. In fine / fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Arnold Landon Mystery. Audience: General/trade.