The scorpion's tail: a Nora Kelly novel
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Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 2.
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From #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child comes a thrilling novel following archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they work together to solve a twisted crime that reaches far beyond any of their worst fears.
Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily anticipated" new thriller in Preston & Child's series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare (Booklist).
A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face.
Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value.
When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.
Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily anticipated" new thriller in Preston & Child's series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare (Booklist).
A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face.
Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value.
When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.
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Action and adventure fiction
Archaeologists
Archaeologists -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Government investigators
Government investigators -- Fiction
Historians
Historians -- Fiction
Investigation
Kelly, Nora
Kelly, Nora -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Large print books
Mummies
Mummies -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Museum curators
Museum curators -- Fiction
New Mexico -- Fiction
Officials and employees
Thrillers (Fiction)
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
Women archaeologists
Women archaeologists -- Fiction
Women museum curators
Women museum curators -- Fiction
Archaeologists
Archaeologists -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Government investigators
Government investigators -- Fiction
Historians
Historians -- Fiction
Investigation
Kelly, Nora
Kelly, Nora -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Large print books
Mummies
Mummies -- Fiction
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Museum curators
Museum curators -- Fiction
New Mexico -- Fiction
Officials and employees
Thrillers (Fiction)
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
Women archaeologists
Women archaeologists -- Fiction
Women museum curators
Women museum curators -- Fiction
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Government investigators -- Fiction
Historians -- Fiction
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Museum curators -- Fiction
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Women archaeologists -- Fiction
Women museum curators -- Fiction
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The scorpion's tail : a Nora Kelly novel / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
Government investigators
Historians
Investigation
Kelly, Nora
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Museum curators
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Women museum curators
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Government investigators
Historians
Investigation
Kelly, Nora
Mummies
Murder
Museum curators
Officials and employees
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