A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under the Pump Room in Bath, England, near the site where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Then a skull is excavated. The bones came from different corpses, and one is modern. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must solve a series of crimes including murder and forgery, requiring a knowledge of history, nineteenth century art, literature . . . and human nature.
A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under the Pump Room in Bath, England, near the site where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Then a skull is excavated. The bones came from different corpses, and one is modern. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must solve a series of crimes including murder and forgery, requiring a knowledge of history, nineteenth century art, literature . . . and human nature.
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ISBN-13: | 9781569472569 |
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Publisher: | Soho Press, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 07/01/2003 |
Series: | Peter Diamond Series , #6 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 304 |
Sales rank: | 67,900 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d) |
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