The Witch of Babylon

Name: The Witch of Babylon
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: D.J. McIntosh
ISBN: 9781464045677

Author: D.J. McIntosh

Series: Mesopotamian #1

Narrator: James Yaegashi

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/16/2012

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

D.J. McIntosh's The Witch of Babylon won an Arthur Ellis Award prior to its publication. Here Turkish-American art dealer John Madison gets caught up in a deadly conspiracy involving a stolen aritfact stretching from ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq. Aided by an archaeologist and a photojournalist, John navigates a tricky landscape filled with thieves, killers, and men with dark secrets, all while unearthing the startling history of alchemy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Denise

I really enjoy a historical novel, and this book allowed me to learn more about the history of Mesopotamia and Assyria with an archeological dig and a mystery thrown in. A brother of an archaeologist is dead, but before he died, he smuggled out an artifact that leads to buried treasure. His brother......more

Goodreads review by Di'ana

Ilgai, laaaabai ilgai šitas gėris gulėjo mano lentynoje. Kol paėmiau į rankas ir tai prigijo, norėjosi tiesiog skristi puslapiais. Gėris. Meno vertybės, paieškos, pavojai, Indianos Džonso prieskonis, Mesopotamijos paslapties šydas bei interpretacijos, įpintas alchemijos pasaulis. Bei žinoma lobiai.......more