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Classic adventure from the undisputed master of action and adrenalin-pumping suspense. When a plane crashes in the icy Greenland desert with no passengers on board, and no means of identification, Joe Martin is hired to fly to the scene of the crash by the insurance company involved and the beautiful widow of the dead pilot. But the routine mission spirals into hair-raising suspense when a priceless batch of emeralds are added to the mystery, and...
2) Cold earth
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
A team of six archaeologists from the United States, England, and Scotland assembles at the beginning of the Arctic summer to unearth traces of the lost Viking settlements in Greenland. But as they sink into uneasy domesticity, there is news of an epidemic back home, and their communications with the outside world fall away. Facing a Greenland winter for which they are hopelessly ill-equipped, Nina, Ruth, Catriona, Jim, Ben, and Yianni, knowing that...
3) The vanished
Author
Series
Konrad Simonsen novels volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead. At first glance, his death appears to be a simple fall, a straightforward accident and the perfect case for Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen to return to after a severe heart attack. But when he is called to investigate, new forensic evidence comes to light and something doesn't add up. Did the postman fall or was he pushed?
Author
Series
Konrad Simonsen novels volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the body of a girl is discovered in the melting Greenland ice cap, hundreds of miles from any civilization, Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen investigates the murder and discovers disturbing details about some of Denmark's most powerful figures.
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Series
Sigma Force novels volume 15
Language
English
Description
"For eons, the city of Troy--whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer's Iliad--was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-day researchers stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below the ice. The ship's hold contains a collection of even older artifacts--tools of war--dating back to the Bronze...
7) Dream weaver
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Series
Inuit series volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
434 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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English
Author
Series
Inuit series volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
464 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
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English
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In 985 A.D. the life of a Viking thrall in newly settled Greenland is harsh and unforgiving. Katla, a proud, beautiful slave girl, is ostracized because of her arrogant ways and the mystical rosary beads she wears. She survives a violent rape only through the compassion of Thorbjorg, a pagan seeress and shaman. But Katla's daughter--conceived during the rape and reared by Torbjorg to be a shaman--maliciously exploits the pagan teachings to exact revenge...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 9
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
678 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dirk Pitt's hunt for ancient Egyptian treasure is sidetracked when the White House is threatened by terrorists from Egypt and Mexico and a cruise ship carrying the presidents of Egypt and Mexico is hijacked.
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