Curses! (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 5)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00J84KRKC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 139 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
To anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the renowned Skeleton Detective, the invitation to join the archaeological excavation of Tlaloc promises two months of paradise on Earth.That is, until an ancient series of Mayan curses against desecrators of the site is unearthed. When the first one comes to pass (“The bloodsucking kinkajou will come freely among them”), it is taken by all as a practical joke. Mayan ruins in the Yucatán a secret room in a tomb ageold skeletons. It takes Gideon’s special talents for deduction—along with the enigmatic insights of Mexico’s one and only Mayan Indian inspector of the state judicial police—to resolve an ancient riddle and a modern, murderous mystery
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