When Toronto antique store owner Lara McClintoch is asked
by an old friend, Chinese art historian Dory Matthews, to
go to New York to bid on a rare eighth-century Tang Dynasty
Chinese silver box, Lara has no idea what it will
eventually involve. Dory also owns a similar box and is
sure that hers and the one up for auction are part of a
set. The legend Dory relates to Lara says that an
alchemical formula for the elixir of immortality is etched
on the inside of the lid. Pretty heady stuff!
Several other people are just as interested in the silver
box up for auction as Lara. When it's withdrawn from the
New York sale just moments before the bidding is to start,
everyone is left wondering what the anonymous owner is up
to, especially when it's then featured for sale in a
Beijing auction later.
After Dory's unexpected death, Lara is told that her friend
stipulated in her will that Lara continue to pursue
purchasing the box. So it's off to Beijing, where the rare
box is stolen right in front of Lara and the other buyers.
The race is on to locate the box and, of course, a trail of
dead bodies is left in the wake. And who can Lara trust,
when no one is really who they seem?
In this 11th outing for the globe-trotting Lara McClintoch,
fans of this cozy mystery series will enjoy the China
setting, as well as the history provided in flashbacks at
the start of each chapter. An enjoyable, educational and
suspenseful road trip.
Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch is targeted by ruthless
criminals while tying to recover an eighth-century Tang
Dynasty silver box - with an alchemical formula for the
elixir of immortality etched on the inside of the lid. The
rare item holds the key not only to the mysterious death of
a museum curator, but to Lara's own survival.
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