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The discovery of a 25,000-year-old archaeological treasure, a rekindled romance, and a suspicious suicide send Toronto antiques dealer Lara McClintoch on a quest to the city of Budapest.Tags
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Didn't really like the first two books of this series but I stayed with it because of the archaeology plots and I found the series got better.
Toronto's Cottingham Museum has just acquired the Magyar Venus, an artifact supposedly 25,000 years old. The museum's director is an old college friend of Lara McClintoch's. She reunites with a lot of her old college chums. Questions about the artifact's authenticity arise and Lara begins to investigate this as well as the death of one of her college friends that night. She leaves for Budapest to investigate the artifact. She is quickly followed by all her friends.
I found the book very slow in getting started. I also found quite a few plot elements to be unplausible. For example, would all of the friends actually have valid passports and be able to leave on a moment's notice? Would the airlines really have that many last minute seats show more available so that all the Divas could get there on the same flight? I found the last 75 pages or so much more interesting than the remainder of the book. This is where the action really picked up, true discoveries were being made, etc. show less
I found the book very slow in getting started. I also found quite a few plot elements to be unplausible. For example, would all of the friends actually have valid passports and be able to leave on a moment's notice? Would the airlines really have that many last minute seats show more available so that all the Divas could get there on the same flight? I found the last 75 pages or so much more interesting than the remainder of the book. This is where the action really picked up, true discoveries were being made, etc. show less
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Lyn Hamilton was born on August 6, 1944. She attended the University of Toronto. She worked in communications in both the public and private sectors before publishing her first novel at the age of 50. She was director of the Cultural Programs Branch for the province of Ontario and director of public affairs for the Canadian Opera Company. She show more taught mystery writing for the School for Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. Her first novel, The Xibalba Murders, was published in 1997. She wrote the Archaeological Mysteries series. The Celtic Riddle became a made-for-TV movie starring Angela Lansbury. She died of cancer on September 10, 2009 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Magyar Venus
- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Lara McClintoch; Károly Molnár; Diana MacPherson; Cybil Rowanwood; Grace Young; Morgan Woodward (show all 11); Anna Belmont; Frank Kalman; Mihály Kovács; Selena Boswell Morison; Cyril James Piper
- Important places
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Budapest, Hungary; London, England, UK
- Dedication
- For Cher and Michael
- First words
- March 3, 1900--I am quite decided that I will travel.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"How do you want your eggs?"
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- Members
- 176
- Popularity
- 185,394
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
