The Scroll (Bibliomysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (524 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480569119 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 565 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane, and the William Monk novels, including Execution Dock and Dark Assassin. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as seven holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Odyssey, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Sc
Monty Danforth finds the tin buried beneath a shipment of leather-bound classics. Inside is a millennia-old vellum manuscript written in an unfamiliar but unmistakably ancient language. Powerful forces crave the secrets locked within this ancient document, and Danforth will survive only if he can master its power.. Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors An ancient scroll draws a bookseller into a chilling mystery. Danforth tries to photocopy and photograph it, but he ends up with blank images, as though the ink were made of something impervious to modern technology. As the scroll’s mystery enchants him, this hapless bookseller falls into a cutthroat conspiracy that he may never escape. Soon a dead-eyed old man and his granddaughter come calling for the scroll. Danforth refuses to sell them the manuscript, but they will not be the last to demand it
She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as seven holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Odyssey, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. About the Author Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane, and the William Monk novels, including Execution Dock and Dark Assassin. Anne Perry lives in Scotland.
"It’s a tiny bit Di Vinci Code and a tiny bit Stephen King in the best possible way, with just a touch of philosophical questioni" according to L. J. Roberts. First Sentence: The early winter evening was drawing in. In the antiquarian bookshop well away from the High Street in Cambridge, Monty Danforth sat in his room in the back, working on unpacking and cataloguing the books and papers from the last crate of the Greville Estate.Monty Danforth’s boss is out sick so it falls on him to unpack the shipment of books received from an estate sale. At the very bottom of the box, is an incredibly old scroll written in a language unknown to Monty. Thinking to have it translated, he tries both photocopying and photographing it, only to find blank images. Soon, three very differen. ksfisherman said Quick read. It was a good enough short story. The narrative moves along quickly and is fully developed. The full cost is perhaps a bit excessive. I knew this in advance but I got this at a tremendous markdown so I decided to purchase it. This would have been better included in an anthology of stories of this kind and the full price would then have been commensurate with the value received.. a short story about how an obscure scroll find--its content we never know--will be responded to by those who should know better. Alan Schroeder This is a metaphor rather than a mystery: a short story about how an obscure scroll find--its content we never know--will be responded to by those who should know better. It caused me to think, less about stuff versus data and more about how the knowledgeable respond when a scroll may contain something challenging.