Search - The African Quest (Archaeological Mystery, Bk 5)

In this fifth entry in the series Lara McClintoch leads an antiques and archaeology tour to Tunisia. She must deal with a mixed bag of tourists: a spoiled teenager, a famous model, a snoop, a blackmailing journalist and the list goes on. The story of a Carthaginian merchant ship that sank over two thousand years ago has stirred everyone's imagination and some with murderous intent. Sure enough death hits the group and a mystery must be solved. There is a lot of interesting information about Carthage and the Punic wars woven into the story as Lara tries to cope with a very diverse group of people.

The archaeological mysteries give you the chance to learn interesting facts and travel the world without leaving your cozy armchair. I love them!

New Series for me and I loved it. This is an Archaeological Mystery set in Tunisia. Lara McClintoch, owner of a Toronto antiques store, takes a group of people on a shopping and educational tour of Tunisia. There are two sets of dive companies looking for treasure in the bay, danger, murder...all the things necessary to a good mystery. Interesting history thrown in and even a tiny bit of subtle romance.

This was better than her earlier novels, Hamilton is getting better at integrating the archaeological material into the storyline. She's still a bit clumsy in parts but in this one she succeeded in surprising me a little by the end. The parallel with the ancient Phoenician storyline was well done.

This series still has room to grow but still not a waste of my time and I'm still enjoying the lead character who is not helpless and all defenceless woman, just a normal woman caught in somewhat strange situations.

I love Lyn Hamilton's books!