Asked to advise on the antiques collection of a mysterious widow, Arnold Landon enlists the aid of an old friend, Carmela Cacciatore of the Carabinieri Art Squad. He is drawn into the investigation of a smuggling operation which leads to in La Rochelle, the involvement of the CIA, the hunt for a religious manuscript looted from Baghdad Museum after the fall of Saddam Hussein and an in trained by the ous secret service established by the Shah of Iran. Despite these exotic connections, it is back in chilly Northumberland that Arnold finally learns the truth and faces the deadly menace of the Shadowmaker...
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Another tale of espionage and intrigue featuring Arnold Landon.
Roy Lewis is a well-established crime writer with 43 novels to his name, 20 of which feature Northumberland based archaeologist Arnold Landon. A Welshman raised in the Rhondda and educated at the universities of Bristol and Durham, he now lives in the north of England, where he sets many of his novels.
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