The Dead Sea Cipher Author:Elizabeth Peters Beirut...Sidon...Tyre...Damascus... — These fabled cities became places of sinister mischief and sudden violence as lovely young Dinah searched for the secret that would explain the strange markings on a torn piece of paper given her by a man marked for death. — The American girl had begun this journey as an innocent tourist -- but now she was inv... more »olved in a desperate race to unearth a fabulous treasure. Shadowing her every move were two men, sworn enemies of each other -- and she did not know which one to love, which one to fear, as she plunged into the mystery of the dead sea cipher.« less