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Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate when builders, demolishing a large old house in Norwich to make way for a housing development, uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway -- minus the skull. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? DCI Harry Nelson would like to find out -- and fast. It turns out the house was once a children's home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the home. Father Hennessey...
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When a child's bones are found near an ancient henge in the wild saltmarshes of Norfolk's north coast, Ruth Galloway, a university lecturer in forensic archaeology, is asked to date them by DCI Harry Nelson who thinks they may be the bones of a child called Lucy who has been missing for ten years.
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Fargo adventures volume 7
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There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here, atrocities and disappearances at the hands of cannibal giants, and those who venture there do not return. It is cursed. Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi...
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 15
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For archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her family, the allure of Egypt remains as powerful as ever, even in this tense time of World War. But nowhere in this desert land is safe -- especially for Amelia's son Ramses and his beautiful new wife Nefret. Treachery and peril are pursuing the two young lovers across the length and breadth of this strange, exotic world, strengthening a bond of passion and devotion that only death can sever. And the grim discovery...
6) Relics
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Instead of digging up the dead, archaeologist Faye Longchamp's new job will give her the chance to help the living. Though she's heading the group set to uncover the mysteries of the Sujosa people, Faye and assistant Joe Wolf Mantooth discover they aren't welcome at the settlement in rural Alabama. Especially after a suspicious fire claims the life of the team's oral historian. Did Dr. Carmen Martinez stumble onto something in the Sujosa's origins...
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 2
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Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody Emerson and her archaeologist husband are busy raising their young son; yet Amelia dreams only of the dust and detritus of ancient civilizations. Happily, circumstances are about to demand their immediate presence in Egypt. Sir Henry Baskerville had just discovered a tomb in Luxor when he promptly died under bizarre circumstances. The tabloids scream of "the Curse of the Pharaohs!"
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 14
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In 1914, as the tides of war rise, Egypt is threatened by attacks. Espionage abounds, pulling in several members of the Peabody Emerson household. Amidst a growing tangle of disguises and deceptions, Emerson's nemesis, the Master Criminal, appears.
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As Amelia and her family arrive in Egypt for their annual archaeological excursion, trouble erupts when a Peabody relative is accused of selling really expensive, and really fake, Egyptian artifacts. Now it's up to Amelia to clear his good name and find the real culprit.
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Fargo adventures volume 5
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them -- as the Fargos are about to find out.
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Dawn Edelstein is on a plane when she is told to prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her...
12) Island of glass
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Guardians trilogy (Nora Roberts) volume 3
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"Three stars--of fire, water, and ice--have fallen from the skies, and now three women and three men have come together to find them. But on the quest for the final star, they'll discover that possessing it won't be enough to stop the destruction of themselves--and of their world... As the hunt for the Ice Star leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his...
13) Rituals
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Faye Longchamp meets Spiritualist Tilda Armistead while working in Rosebower, New York, a town founded by Spiritualists. When Tilda's murdered shortly after giving Faye a session to commune with the dead, she's determined to find out who killed her.
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Fargo adventures volume 5
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them--the Fargos are about to find out.
15) A rift in time
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Livingstone Chronicles volume 1
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The bestselling author of the Secret of the Rose series turns to the Holy Land, where the supposed discovery of Noah's Ark challenges a new world order. Arabia, 1898. A sole pilgrim embarks on a quest to verify the truths of the Old Testament-and is murdered ever so close to the proof he seeks. A revelation that will remain undiscovered for decades… Turkey, present day. Scientists, historians, and preachers have dreamed of this moment for centuries....
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"Reeling from her parents' deaths, Lucy Claremont discovers an artifact in their London flat, leading her to a seaside estate. Aided by her childhood friend Dashel, a forensic astronomer, they start to unravel a history of heartbreak, sacrifice, and love begun 200 years prior-one that may heal them both"--
17) Hidden in time
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Livingstone Chronicles volume 2
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From the bestselling author of the Secret of the Rose series: a Holy Land thriller featuring archaeologist Adam Livingstone. Jerusalem 1121 AD. A Frenchman from the order of the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon continues on a quest far more secretive than the crusades. Descending into the caverns below the city, he will find what he's been looking for. But an earthquake will ensure that the artifact and its secrets remain untouched...
18) The river view
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"Jules Clement is back in Blue Deer, working as an archaeologist and private investigator. He's a mostly happy man: he's a new father, and he and his wife Caroline are building their dream house on an idyllic patch of river bottomland. But everything that can go wrong will, in terms of money, love, and murder. The horrible neighbors enlist Jules to spy on each other. The county hires him to find out if a road runs over some misplaced bodies in a long-abandoned...
19) Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's Ancient temples from destruction
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"The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs'...
20) Babylon rising
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Babylon rising volume 1
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Michael Murphy is a scholar of Biblical prophecy, but not the sedate and tweedy kind. Murphy is a field archeologist who defies danger to fearlessly hunt down and authenticate ancient artifacts from Biblical times.
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