Insinuendo

By (author): Miriam Clavir

A murder mystery set within the complex world of an anthropological museum. Berry Cates has undergone a “radical lifectomy,” remaking her life at fifty-three, newly single and in a new career at a museum. However, she soon becomes the target of serious accusations at the museum. Determined to prove these as false, Berry gets into deeper trouble. Her sleuthing uncovers museum staff casting illicit bronzes and blackmail being delivered via a Roman curse tablet. Curatorial fraud and accusations by aboriginal people of poisoning their heritage regalia with toxic pesticides come to light as well. Only when Barry realizes she has been asking the wrong questions does she stop her slide into a web of deceit.

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Miriam Clavir

Miriam, the first conservator at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, worked for the National Historic Service and the Royal Ontario Museum. Rsident of British Columbia, author f many articles and the scholarly book, ‘Peserving What is Valued: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations’. Miriam’s character-driven mystery series is set in museums and archaeological excavations.

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A murder mystery set within the complex world of an anthropological museum. Berry Cates has undergone a “radical lifectomy,” remaking her life at fifty-three, newly single and in a new career at a museum. However, she soon becomes the target of serious accusations at the museum. Determined to prove these as false, Berry gets into deeper trouble. Her sleuthing uncovers museum staff casting illicit bronzes and blackmail being delivered via a Roman curse tablet. Curatorial fraud and accusations by aboriginal people of poisoning their heritage regalia with toxic pesticides come to light as well. Only when Barry realizes she has been asking the wrong questions does she stop her slide into a web of deceit.

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Dimensions:

288 Pages
5.5in * 8.25in * 1in
1lb

Published:

October 21, 2012

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Bayeux Arts, Inc.

ISBN:

9781897411384

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

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Language:

eng

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