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The co-owner of a Toronto antiques store, Lara McClintoch is obsessed with finding rare and beautiful artifacts. Her travels take her to the ends of the earth, where history jealously guards its treasures — and where the mysteries of the past meet the dangers of the present...
At an auction house in Toronto, Lara picks up a box of what she thinks are worthless Peruvian reproductions — only to find that they are authentic artifacts of the Moche, an ancient people whose civilization predates the Incas. When her assistant is brutally attacked and her shop burned, Lara realizes that she is an unwitting link in a chain of black-market collectors. Now she must journey to Peru and do battle with an army of grave robbers who are as ruthless — and deadly — as the Moche warriors themselves...
The Moche Warrior: An Archaeological Mystery (Prime Crime Mysteries)
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The co-owner of a Toronto antiques store, Lara McClintoch is obsessed with finding rare and beautiful artifacts. Her travels take her to the ends of the earth, where history jealously guards its treasures — and where the mysteries of the past meet the dangers of the present...
At an auction house in Toronto, Lara picks up a box of what she thinks are worthless Peruvian reproductions — only to find that they are authentic artifacts of the Moche, an ancient people whose civilization predates the Incas. When her assistant is brutally attacked and her shop burned, Lara realizes that she is an unwitting link in a chain of black-market collectors. Now she must journey to Peru and do battle with an army of grave robbers who are as ruthless — and deadly — as the Moche warriors themselves...
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