Corrie Swanson, joven agente del FBI, se enfrenta al descubrimiento de un cuerpo momificado en High Lonesome, un pueblo minero de Nuevo Mxico abandonado hace mucho tiempo. El cadver se encuentra en posicin fetal, el rostro presenta un rictus terrorfico y entre sus ropas se oculta una cruz de oro y piedras preciosas. El extrao hallazgo plantea muchas preguntas y Corrie solicita la colaboracin de la doctora Nora Kelly en la excavacin. El fallecido se llamaba Jim Gower y sola merodear por el pueblo en busca de reliquias de los indios originarios de la zona y de los conquistadores espaoles que llegaron despus. Corrie localiza al nico descendiente del muerto, Jesse Gower, que reclama la propiedad de la cruz de oro y afirma que antes de dedicarse a buscar objetos antiguos, Jim Gower haba sido propietario de un rancho a pocos kilmetros de High Lonesome, que le expropi el gobierno. La investigacin concluye que Jim Gower muri alrededor de 1945, envenenado. Entretanto, la doctora Kelly ha identificado uno de los objetos hallados junto al cadver, se trata de una bolsita de hierbas con propiedades medicinales, como las que usaban los apaches. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child comes a thrilling novel following archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they work together to solve a twisted crime that reaches far beyond any of their worst fears.
Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily anticipated" new thriller in Preston & Child's series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare (Booklist). A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.
Corrie Swanson, joven agente del FBI, se enfrenta al descubrimiento de un cuerpo momificado en High Lonesome, un pueblo minero de Nuevo Mxico abandonado hace mucho tiempo. El cadver se encuentra en posicin fetal, el rostro presenta un rictus terrorfico y entre sus ropas se oculta una cruz de oro y piedras preciosas. El extrao hallazgo plantea muchas preguntas y Corrie solicita la colaboracin de la doctora Nora Kelly en la excavacin. El fallecido se llamaba Jim Gower y sola merodear por el pueblo en busca de reliquias de los indios originarios de la zona y de los conquistadores espaoles que llegaron despus. Corrie localiza al nico descendiente del muerto, Jesse Gower, que reclama la propiedad de la cruz de oro y afirma que antes de dedicarse a buscar objetos antiguos, Jim Gower haba sido propietario de un rancho a pocos kilmetros de High Lonesome, que le expropi el gobierno. La investigacin concluye que Jim Gower muri alrededor de 1945, envenenado. Entretanto, la doctora Kelly ha identificado uno de los objetos hallados junto al cadver, se trata de una bolsita de hierbas con propiedades medicinales, como las que usaban los apaches. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child comes a thrilling novel following archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they work together to solve a twisted crime that reaches far beyond any of their worst fears.
Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily anticipated" new thriller in Preston & Child's series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare (Booklist). A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.
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