Introducingturn-of-the-centuryarchaeologist-sleuthMargaretMurrayinthefirstofabrilliantnewhistoricalmysteryseries.October,1900.UniversityCollege,London.Whenthespreadeagledbodyofoneofherstudentsisdiscoveredinherrentedroomshortlyafterattendingoneofherlectures,DrMargaretMurrayisdisinclinedtoaccepttheofficialverdictofsuicideanddeterminestofindouthowandwhythegirlreallydied.Asanarchaeologist,DrMurrayisusedtoexaminingancientremains,butshe’sneverbeforehadtoinvestigatethecircumstancessurroundinganewly-deadcorpse.However,ofonethingMargaretiscertain:ifyouwanttoknowhowandwhyapersondied,youneedtounderstandhowtheylived.Anditsoonbecomesclearthatthedeadgirlhadbeenkeepinganumberofsecrets.AsMargaretuncoversevidencethatHelenRichardsonhadknowledgeofatrulyextraordinaryarchaeologicalfind,thebodyofasecondyoungwomanisdiscoveredonawindsweptKentbeach-andthecasetakesadisturbingnewtwist...
