The Mystery Woman

Quick, Amanda

ISBN 10: 0749956623 / ISBN 13: 9780749956622

Published by Piatkus Books, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mystery Woman
• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749956623
• ISBN 13: 9780749956622
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1747695896.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 46849081
• Signed: 5/19/2025 11:04:56 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 9780749956622

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Synopsis

The second novel in the Victorian 'Ladies of Lantern Street' novels features paid companion/private inquiry agent Beatrice Lockwood and burned out ex-spy Joshua North in a mystery involving paranormal forces and Egyptian antiquities. A mad scientist has preserved his dead lover in an ancient Egyptian embalming formula, and has convinced himself that he can revive the dead woman, but he needs Beatrice Lockwood's psychic abilities to 'ignite' the formula. And he will do anything to capture her. Joshua North - scarred and forced to use a cane due to the disaster that occurred during his last case - is all Beatrice has in the way of a bodyguard ...

About the Author

Amanda Quick is a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the author of forty NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers under various pen names; more than twenty-five million copies of her books are in print. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her at www.krentz-quick.com