• See large image

  The Golden Child (Paperback) By (author) Penelope Fitzgerald

  

  $13.95 - Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
  all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

  Short Description for The Golden ChildThis novel combines a deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London's most refined institution--the museum. When the glittering treasure of the ancient golden child is delivered to the museum, a web of intrigue tightens around its personnel.
  Full description

  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
  • Published: 01 July 2000
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages
  • See: Full bibliographic data
  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Crime
  • ISBN 13: 9780395956199 ISBN 10: 0395956196
  • Sales rank: 311,558

• The Golden Child

  

  Add to basket $11.81 - Save $2.48 (17%) - RRP $14.29

• Deadlocked

  

  Add to basket $25.09 - Save $5.91 (19%) - RRP $31.00

• Dead Reckoning

  

  Add to basket $7.99 -

• Sherlock's Home: The Empty House

  

  Add to basket $16.95 -

• Tripwire

  

  Add to basket $8.05 - Save $4.65 36% off - RRP $12.70

Full description for The Golden Child

• When the Golden Child, the ancient gold-covered corpse of the African ruler of Garamantia, arrives at a London museum, it instantly becomes the sinister focus of a web of intrigue spun by all manner of museum personnel: the triumphant archaeologist who now refuses to look at the treasure, the grizzled guard, and especially the hapless junior officer Waring Smith.While prowling through the museum late one night, Waring is almost strangled with a golden wire belonging to the Golden Child. Who could be responsible, and how could the wire be so strong after thousands of years? Two outside experts cast doubt on the exhibit's authenticity, and Waring is swept up in the ensuing mayhem.