Description: Art historian Vicky Bliss gets possession of a photo of a woman dressed in the legendary golden jewels of Troy. The gold disappeared at the end of World War II, yet the picture is recent. When she finds blood stains on an enclosed envelope, Vicky is willing to risk danger to search for the lost Trojan Gold.
Brief description:
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
Review Quotes: "A thriller from start to finish."--"St. Louis Post Dispatch"Don't read it unless you want to get hooked!"--"Baltimore Sun"Wit, charm, and romance in equal measures."--"San Diego Union