The last testament / Suspense fiction. Suspense fiction, Middle Eastern. Archaeological thefts Murder Archaeological thefts Fiction. Archaeologists Crimes against Fiction. Historians Crimes against Fiction. Iraq Antiquities Fiction. Israel Antiquities Fiction. Palestine Antiquities Fiction. Suspense Archaeologists Historians Antiquities. Archaeological thefts.
Bourne, Sam, 1967-
The last testament / Sam Bourne. - London : Harper, 2007. - 567 p. ; 24 cm.
April 2003: as the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities is looted, a teenage Iraqi boy finds an ancient clay tablet in a long-forgotten vault. He takes it and runs off into the night. Several years later, at a peace rally in Jerusalem, the Israeli prime minister is about to sign a historic deal with the Palestinians. A man approaches from the crowd and seems to reach for a gun - bodyguards shoot him dead. But in his hand was a note, one he wanted to hand to the prime minister. The shooting sparks a series of tit-for-tat killings which could derail the peace accord. Washington sends for trouble-shooter and peace negotiator Maggie Costello, after she thought she had quit the job for good. She follows a trail that takes her from Jewish settlements on the West Bank to Palestinian refugee camps, where she discovers the latest deaths are not random but have a distinct pattern. All the dead men are archaeologists and historians - those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past. Menaced by fanatics and violent extremists on all sides, Costello is soon plunged into high-stakes international politics, the worldwide underground trade in stolen antiquities and a last, unsolved riddle of the Bible.
9780007203321 (pbk.)
Suspense fiction.
Suspense fiction, Middle Eastern.
Archaeological thefts--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Archaeological thefts Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Israel--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Palestine--Fiction.
Archaeologists Crimes against Fiction.
Historians Crimes against Fiction.
Iraq Antiquities Fiction.
Israel Antiquities Fiction.
Palestine Antiquities Fiction.
Suspense--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Israel--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Palestine--Fiction.
Archaeologists--Crimes against--Fiction.
Historians--Crimes against--Fiction.
Antiquities.
Archaeological thefts.
Murder--Investigation.
Iraq--Antiquities--Fiction.
Israel--Antiquities--Fiction.
Palestine--Antiquities--Fiction.
Iraq.
Israel.
Middle East--Palestine.
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
823.92
The last testament / Sam Bourne. - London : Harper, 2007. - 567 p. ; 24 cm.
April 2003: as the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities is looted, a teenage Iraqi boy finds an ancient clay tablet in a long-forgotten vault. He takes it and runs off into the night. Several years later, at a peace rally in Jerusalem, the Israeli prime minister is about to sign a historic deal with the Palestinians. A man approaches from the crowd and seems to reach for a gun - bodyguards shoot him dead. But in his hand was a note, one he wanted to hand to the prime minister. The shooting sparks a series of tit-for-tat killings which could derail the peace accord. Washington sends for trouble-shooter and peace negotiator Maggie Costello, after she thought she had quit the job for good. She follows a trail that takes her from Jewish settlements on the West Bank to Palestinian refugee camps, where she discovers the latest deaths are not random but have a distinct pattern. All the dead men are archaeologists and historians - those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past. Menaced by fanatics and violent extremists on all sides, Costello is soon plunged into high-stakes international politics, the worldwide underground trade in stolen antiquities and a last, unsolved riddle of the Bible.
9780007203321 (pbk.)
Suspense fiction.
Suspense fiction, Middle Eastern.
Archaeological thefts--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Archaeological thefts Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Israel--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Palestine--Fiction.
Archaeologists Crimes against Fiction.
Historians Crimes against Fiction.
Iraq Antiquities Fiction.
Israel Antiquities Fiction.
Palestine Antiquities Fiction.
Suspense--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Israel--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Palestine--Fiction.
Archaeologists--Crimes against--Fiction.
Historians--Crimes against--Fiction.
Antiquities.
Archaeological thefts.
Murder--Investigation.
Iraq--Antiquities--Fiction.
Israel--Antiquities--Fiction.
Palestine--Antiquities--Fiction.
Iraq.
Israel.
Middle East--Palestine.
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
823.92