Trojan Gold: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense (Vicky Bliss Mysteries)

a Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words . . . But The Photograph Art Historian Vicky Bliss Has Just Received In The Mail Gives Rise To A Thousand Questions Instead. At First Glance It Appears To Be The Famous Portrait Of Frau Schliemann Adorned In The Gold Of Troy. But Closer Study Reveals The Picture To Be Contemporary—which Is Odd Since Vicky Knows The Trojan Gold Vanished Sometime Around The End Of World War Two. And If She Needed Further Proof That Something Here Is Terribly Amiss, A Quick Look At The Blood-stained Envelope The Photo Arrived In Should Do The Trick. yet Vicky Is Not The Only Expert To Receive This Mysterious Mailing. And The Entire Circle Is Gathering For A Festive Bavarian Christmas—one, Hopefully, To Be Made Even More Festive By The Rediscovery Of An Ancient Lost Treasure. But The Celebration Could Prove To Be Short—and Bloody—courtesy Of A Very Determined Killer In Their Midst . . . san Diego Union wit, Charm, And Romance In Equal Measures. "A picture is worth a thousand words but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received gives rise to a thousand questions instead. At first glance it appears to be the famous portrait of Frau Schliemann adorned in the gold of Troy. But closer study reveals the picture to be contemporary -- which is odd since Vicky knows the Trojan gold vanished sometime around the end of World War Two. And if she needed further proof that something was terribly amiss, a quick look at the blood-stained envelope the photo arrived in should do the trick. Yet Vicky is not the only expert to receive this mysterious mailing. And the entire circle is gathering for a festive Bavarian Christmas -- one, hopefully, to be made even more festive by the rediscovery of an ancient lost treasure. But the celebration could prove to be short -- and bloody -- courtesy of a very determined killer in their midst"--Publisher's description "A picture is worth a thousand words but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received gives rise to a thousand questions instead. At first glance it appears to be the famous portrait of Frau Schliemann adorned in the gold of Troy. But closer study reveals the picture to be contemporary -- which is odd since Vicky knows the Trojan gold vanished sometime around the end of World War Two. And if she needed further proof that something was terribly amiss, a quick look at the blood-stained envelope the photo arrived in should do the trick. Yet Vicky is not the only expert to receive this mysterious mailing. And the entire circle is gathering for a festive Bavarian Christmas -- one, hopefully, to be made even more festive by the rediscovery of an ancient lost treasure. But the celebration could prove to be short -- and bloody -- courtesy of a very determined killer in their midst"--Page 4 of cover A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsBut 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 picture itself is familiar: a woman adorned in the gold of Troy. Yet this isn't the famous photograph of Frau Schliemann -- no, this picture is contemporary. The gold, as Vicky and her fellow academics know, disappeared at the end of World War II.Now this circle of experts is gathered for a festive Bavarian Christmas. All of them -- including the mysterious John Smythe and a very determined killer... 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 picture itself is familiar: a woman adorned in the gold of Troy. Yet this isn't the famous photograph of Frau Schliemannno, this picture is contemporary. The gold, as Vicky and her fellow academics know, disappeared at the end of World War II. Now this circle of experts is gathered for a festive Bavarian Christmas. All of themincluding the mysterious John Smythe and a very determined killer... 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 .. That's how I would begin if I were writing a thriller instead of a simple narrative of fact. Vicky Bliss searches for Trojan treasure buried by the Nazis after the fall of Berlin Title from ebook title screen (viewed on Jan. 13, 2006).