


But in a final confrontation in the Valley of the Kings, Lydia just might face her worst nightmare. Drawn into a lethal battle of wits, Lydia confronts murder, mysterious strangers, and death threats. But the deeper she becomes involved in her search, the further she leaves behind the comfortable world of her hospital and the undeclared love of a handsome doctor. Deeply concerned about her sister s fate, Lydia determines to track her down, flying first to Rome and then to Cairo. When Lydia s apartment is suddenly burglarized, she s astonished that the only thing stolen is the wrapping paper in which the jackal was mailed. Disturbed by her sister s cryptic message, Lydia is further puzzled when the parcel arrives containing a beautiful Egyptian gaming piece in the form of a jackal. Adele explains that she sent a parcel to Lydia, and after Lydia receives it, she must come to Rome at once. When Adele telephones from Rome and interrupts Lydia s work as a nurse at the Santa Monica Emergency Hospital, she s more than a little surprised and curious.

It’s been four years since Lydia Harris last spoke to her elder sister, Adele. Washington Post Book World From highly acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood comes an exciting thriller teeming with adventure and suspense about two sisters caught in a deadly international game. From the sensual heat of the desert to the corrupt underworld of Las Vegas, author Kathryn Harvey delivers a stimulating tale with Private Entrance.īarbara wood is an entertainer. Someone will die, someone will find love, and all three women will come to astonishing realizations about themselves. Amid the glamour of movie stars and the super rich, the three strangers Coco, Sissy, and Ophelia find themselves embroiled in a baffling mystery involving the reclusive spa owner, Abby Tyler.Īs a deadly sandstorm approaches the resort, a murderer stalks the trapped guests. This exclusive anything goes, no questions asked resort in the Southern California desert is an oasis so remote, that the only way in or out is by airplane. None of them are prepared for the luxurious and erotic prize that awaits them a week at The Grove. To locate her child and end years of heartache, Abby formulates a plan that will bring her face to face with a past she has tried to forget.Įlsewhere, three strangers receive word that they ve each won a contest that, oddly, they don t recall entering. For more than thirty years, Abby has been desperately searching for her child an infant stolen at birth before she even had a chance to see it.
