Borrower of the Night, Elizabeth Peters
Borrower of the Night, Elizabeth Peters
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Borrower of the Night
The First Vicky Bliss Mystery

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Susan O'Malley

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2008

Synopsis

It began as a game, a treasure hunt in an old German castle. For the beautiful and brilliant Vicky Bliss, it was also a challenge, a chance to bring an arrogant young man down a notch or two. And all things considered, it would have been no contest. The prize was a centuriesold shrine carved by Tilman Riemenschneider, probably Germanys greatest master of the late Gothic period. The place was the forbidding Schloss Drachenstein, where the stones were stained with ancient blood and the air reeked of evil. The problem was that someone was targeted, and the game was soon being played in deadly earnest.

About Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013) was one of the pseudonyms of American writer Barbara Louise Mertz, whose New York Times bestselling Amelia Peabody mysteries are often set against historical backdrops. In 1952, Peters earned a PhD in Egyptology at the University of Chicago. She was named grand master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cyndi on March 05, 2018

A tongue-in-cheek mystery. Lots of fun with a heroine who has an insatiable curiosity tucked into the body of an amazon beauty. She is slightly cynical, extremely smart and has a high self esteem. Unusual in a heroine but Vicky Bliss is not your usual heroine. Her kinda boyfriend makes a bet with he......more

Goodreads review by Lois on September 30, 2018

3-plus, really, since it was certainly rereadable. I seem to be on an Elizabeth Peters mini-binge this week. I had lost track of the difference between heroines Vicky Bliss and Jacqueline Kirby, and decided to refresh my memory, since my library has both short series in e-book now. Since I first rea......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on July 07, 2014

I had a really hard time with this novel. The story took forever to go anywhere and all of the characters were kind of jerks most of the time. Indeed, I very nearly quit about halfway through as I just didn't care about anything—not the characters, not the setting, certainly not the "mystery". And I......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on February 19, 2020

I’ve enjoyed my first encounter with Elizabeth Peters. The funny thing is, I collected a great deal of her books a long time ago. I sifted through my shelf only recently, determining which series belonged together and other works. It is worth the wait and I am eager to delve into her novels much mor......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on July 30, 2008

I enjoyed this series immensely.......more

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