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Author:
Pandian, Gigi, 1975- author. 819377
Title:
The Cambodian curse & other stories : a Jaya Jones teasure hunt mystery collection / Gigi Pandian.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Henery Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
244 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology)--Fiction.
Women historians--Fiction.
Treasure troves--Fiction.
East Indian Americans--Fiction.
East Indian American women--Fiction.
Women detectives--San Francisco--San Francisco--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
Other Authors:
King, Laurie R. writer of introduction. 157818
Greene, Douglas G. writer of foreword.
Contents:
Bonus novella: Fool's gold The Hindi Houdini -- The haunted room -- The library ghost of Tanglewood Inn -- The curse of cloud castle -- Tempest in a teapot -- A dark and stormy light -- The shadow of the river -- Bonus novella: Fool's gold
Summary:
A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world. Appearing here for the first time, novelette The Cambodian Curse. When an ancient and supposedly cursed Cambodian sculpture disappears from an impenetrable museum, and the carving's owner is killed by an invisible assailant while a witness is a few feet away, historian Jaya Jones and her old nemesis Henry North team up to solve the baffling crime.Stories included: "The Cambodian Curse," "The Hindi Houdini," "The Haunted Room," "The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn," "The Curse of Cloud Castle," "Tempest in a Teapot," "A Dark and Stormy Light," "The Shadow of the River," plus bonus novella Fool's Gold. With an Introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King addressing why we love locked rooms, and a Foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene, teasing out the tradition of John Dickson Carr that Pandian is following. This collection is filled with ingenious stories of magic, mystery, and history. -- Amazon.com
Series:
A Jaya Jones treasure hunt mystery
Pandian, Gigi. Jaya Jones treasure hunt mystery.
ISBN:
1635114187
9781635114188
1635114217
9781635114218
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1057728104
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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