Silhouette in Scarlet

Elizabeth Peters

ISBN 10: 0865530726 / ISBN 13: 9780865530720

Published by Distributed by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1983

About this Item

1983 first edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. Described as a light hearted suspense thriller in a Swedish setting. Ex libris plate for former British actress Edwina Iredale otherwise extremely clean interior and covers. Dustjacket has been protected beneath clear plastic remobavke covers.

Seller Inventory # 011408

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silhouette in Scarlet
• Publisher: Distributed by St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865530726
• ISBN 13: 9780865530720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

One perfect red rose, a one-way ticket to Stockholm, and a cryptic "message" consisting of two Latin words intrigue art historian Vicky Blissā as they were precisely intended to do. Beautiful, brilliant and, as always, dangerously inquisitive, Vicky recognizes the handiwork of her former lover, the daring jewel thief John Smythe. So she takes the bait, eagerly following Smythe's lead in the hope of finding a lost treasure.

But the trail begins with a priceless fifth-century chalice, which will place Vicky at the mercy of a gang of ruthless criminals who have their eyes on an even more valuable prize. And the hunt threatens to turn deadly on a remote island, where a captive Vicky Bliss must lead an excavation into the distant pastā and where digging too deep for the truth could dig her own grave.

About the Author

Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.