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Tor Books (1995), Mass Market Paperback, 407 pages
Description
Fiction. Mystery. HTML:More from Vicky Bliss the new heroine from the creator of the bestselling Amelia Peabody series A picture is worth a thousand words - but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received gives rise to a thousand questions instead. A quick glance at the blood-stained envelope is all the proof she needs that something is horribly wrong. The photo itself is familiar: a woman adorned in the gold of Troy. Yet this isn't the famous photograph of Frau Schliemann - this photo is contemporary. And the gold, as Vicky and her fellow academics know - disappeared at the end of World War II. And now this circle of experts is gathered for a festive Bavarian Christmas - including a very determined killer. .
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LibraryThing member sgerbic
Reviewed August 1998
This is a mystery/love story/thriller novel that takes place in Germany at Christmas time. Very little of the story is any of these things. You don't get very involved with the characters/mystery and it isn't very thrilling. The plot is frustrating, everyone is hiding something
29-1998
This is a mystery/love story/thriller novel that takes place in Germany at Christmas time. Very little of the story is any of these things. You don't get very involved with the characters/mystery and it isn't very thrilling. The plot is frustrating, everyone is hiding something
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which confuses the story line. Even the few people Vicky (heroine) trusts and have been used throughout Peter's novels are under suspicion, or are shielded from the truth to protect them, but of course it actually harms them. The heroine's life seems interesting, but she seems to have little emotion towards life, she seems inhuman and dry.29-1998
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LibraryThing member babydraco
Very funny and cute mystery set in Germany, featuring academics and a ski lodge.
LibraryThing member Jennie_103
Well it was readable and distracting but I think that's about the best I can say for it! It was very farcial in parts and the ending wasn't very satisfying either.
LibraryThing member tjsjohanna
All the familiar elements are here - a group of suspects, an isolated location, treasure. Yet Ms. Peters makes it fresh and fun - she hints at things, she plays with her characters, and it's amusing as well as suspenseful. The romantic side story with John is given a long-awaited push, which is a
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nice reward for those have read the previous novels in the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member susanamper
Vicky Bliss is back in action--this time she doesn't even have to leave Germany. She gets a picture in the mail that looks very much like the famous photograph of Frau Schliemann wearing the Trojan Gold. But it is another woman, and this gets Vicky to thinking that the long missing Trojan gold
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might be found. Of course, John Smythe is on hand for love and adventure. A good entry in the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member JenJ.
Listened to the Recorded Books cassette edition. Another fun romp through Europe with Vicky and friends, though I have to admit I found Schmidt rather wearing on this outing and the cast of characters is getting a little crowded.
LibraryThing member Aelianna
It was a slow starter, but got better.
LibraryThing member EmpressReece
I really love the Vicky Bliss series! Im sad that there are only 6 novels and Ive already read 4. : ( I thought this was a great story especially John professing his love for Vicky but I didnt quite like the ending regarding the Trojan Gold? It just didnt seem right. I felt like i was left with an
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incomplete story which we pretty much were. : ( Show Less
LibraryThing member anglophile65
Loved the characters and their interpersonal relationships. Great series and will read more of the Vicky Bliss books.
LibraryThing member themulhern
Typical Elizabeth Peters. The ski resort adventures combined with the Bavarian Christmas was fun. This is the first book with a non-European archaeological theme. The next book puts Vicky Bliss in Egypt, where Elizabeth Peters is at her very best. I noticed a few nods to the current political and
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economic situation of the day. One of the characters is an Eastern European professor, Vicky notes that her juvenile relatives will prefer plastic super-heroes made in Taiwan to the beautiful German toys she is looking at. Schmidt, Vicky's superior at the museum, was a teenager during WWII, and has grim memories. Show Less
Awards
Anthony Award (Nominee — Novel — 1988)
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Original publication date
1987
Physical description
407 p.; 6.7 inches
ISBN
0812523571 / 9780812523577
Local notes
Vicky Bliss, 4
DDC/MDS
| Fic Mystery PetersEz |