A strange twist of fate brings Elizabeth Jones face-to-face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg, at the Copenhagen Airport. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth the esteemed scholar's new private assistant. But luck can go from good to bad in an instant—and less than twenty-four hours later, the great lady is kidnapped by persons unknown. Suddenly desperate in a foreign land, Elizabeth must cast her lot with Rosenberg's handsome, insufferable son Christian in hopes of finding her vanished benefactor. On a trail that leads from modern wonders to ancient mystery—from the bustling city to the beautiful, perilous countryside—a determined young woman and an arrogant "prince" must uncover shocking secrets carefully guarded in the beautiful Danish city. And they must survive a mysterious affair that is turning darker and deadlier by the hour.
A clever new mystery from the bestselling author of The Last Camel Died at Noon and The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog. Elizabeth Jones' much anticipated vacation to Denmark turns sour when her idol, a Nobel Prize-winning historian, vanishes. Reissue.
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It's by Elizabeth Peters, so of course I enjoyed it - but when compared to the rest of her books that I've read this one seemed a little...lacking.
As a mystery it is merely passable. And, really, it does mystery the best.
As a historical fiction (like almost all of Ms. Peters' books are) it is devoid of much information.
As a romance it is lackluster at best and the heroine starts treating the hero vastly different as soon as she realizes she's in love with him.
As an adventure it is distinctly adventureless.
As a gothic (and most of her books have levels of this) is it bloodless.
As a melodrama ... actually, it hits this one out of the park. (There's even a scene wherein the heroine watches a movie and it parallels the story and romance of our main characters almost perfectly.)
The ending is abrupt with little to no closure.
All in all, I'm severely disappointed and had this been a book by anyone else, the rating would have probably been even lower. But, like all Ms. Peters' books, this one does show hints of brilliance.
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