Search the Shadows - Softcover

Michaels, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006101009X ISBN 13: 9780061010095

Publisher: Harper, 1997

Synopsis

When 22-year-old Haskell Malone accidentally discovers proof that the dead war hero whose name she bears is not her father, she is shattered. The revelation only confirms the dark fear that has haunted her since childhood. Determined to expose the truth at any cost, Haskell takes a job at Chicago's famed Oriental Institute in the city where her mother once lived and loved. But as she searches the shadows of the past, she finds that the truth can sometimes be deadly.

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From the Back Cover

Who was her father?

When twenty-two-year-old Haskell Malone accidentally discovers damning proof that the dead was hero whose name she bears is not her father, she is shattered. The revelation only confirms the dark fear that has haunted her since childhood. In fact, what little she knows about her birth and her mother's subsequent death, is a fragile web of evasions and lies.

Determined to expose the truth at any cost, Haskell takes a job at Chicago's famed Oriental Institute in the city where her mother once lived and loved. But as she searched the shadows of the past, she finds that the truth can sometimes be deadly.

About the Author

Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar® Awards in 1998, and given The Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic in 2003. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006101009X
• ISBN 13: 9780061010095
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1