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Toronto shopkeeper Lara McClintoch solved her first archaeological mystery in The Xibalba Murders, nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Since then, Lyn Hamilton's acclaimed and popular series has taken readers around the world to various exotic locales -- where rare antiquities and base human nature add up to murder. Now, in The Thai Amulet, Lara must sift through the layers of Bangkok society to find a fellow antique dealer -- alive or dead...
A smart, appealing, funny, brave, and vulnerable protagonist." (London Free Press, Ontario)
A smart, appealing, funny, brave, and vulnerable protagonist." (London Free Press, Ontario)
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In this story Lara travels to Thailand to look for a missing antiques dealer while she is also taking a vacation and spending time with her partner's daughter Jennifer. Lara has been give some newspaper clipping bout a sensational murder that happened in Bangkok 50 years ago as well as a handful of amulets. As Lara tries to find the missing man she gets drawn into the affairs of a rich and powerful family whose own history has some dark secrets. There are several murders and some interesting history of Thailand before Lara takes steps to avenge the death of Jennifer's fiance. Anther goodie.
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Good mystery. Hadn't read anything by this author before but now I'll have to.
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I really enjoy Lyn Hamilton's books but this was an especially interesting story. Very well done.
The premise of ahowing parallels to past good thought but I thought the use of it here was only to fill space. overall still good read
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