Who would have guessed that an ancient excavation would end in a modern murder...? Under the pressure of war, heroes arise in unusual places. In Aileen Baron's The Torch of Tangier, the main character is not a brave soldier stolen from his home; ...
Gilberto had told her to come by at ten o’clock, to wear comfortable shoes. He had smiled and rubbed his hands with anticipation and said, “You like Roman mosaics, no?” A Mercedes limousine stood at the curb outside of Gilberto’s house. The man she had seen at the basement...
He carried a rifle and handed it to Lily. “This is for you.” Her arm dropped under its heft. “A twenty-two millimeter Lee-Enfield training rifle,” Jalil told her. “Number two, MK four. It’s a single shot affair, only to teach you how to ...