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In the second in Pamela Christie's witty, deliciously unconventional Regency mystery series, Arabella Beaumont--courtesan and sleuth--discovers that the pursuit of art can be a dangerous thing. . .London's aristocrats pay handsomely for the company of courtesan Arabella Beaumont. Arabella, in turn, wisely invests her earnings in an art collection that will endure long after her legendary charms have faded. It's a decided blow, then, when her antiquities dealer is murdered before he can procure an item for which she paid dearly--a rare and provocative statue of Pan. Undaunted, Arabella decides to travel to Italy and locate the treasure herself. What begins as a delightful caprice soon takes on a sinister aspect. Arabella's quest appears to have made her a donna fatale, causing death and mayhem wherever she goes.
About the Author
Pamela Christie began writing in earnest among the tomato plants in her greenhouse in Northern New Mexico in the mid 1970's. She began the first of the three Lizard Tales in 2000. Her novel The King's Lizard was awarded the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Book Award in 2007 to honor an outstanding New Mexican woman writer. Pam was educated at the Catlin Gabel School, Bryn Mawr College, Pitzer College and the University of California at Berkeley. Living among New Mexico's captivating characters, (present and past) , and indulging for decades in the beauty of the region's rivers, mountains and deserts, has been of immeasurable importance to her writing.
