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 Death's Door - Michael Slade
 Death's Door - Michael Slade ... by Onyx BooksNewest Review: ... Customs and Immigration when it is smuggled into the country. An attempt to examine it further is thwarted when two Customs ... more ... Officials are murdered and the mummy spirited away. This prompts the intrest of Chief Superintendant Robert De Clerq, his Special X division and some old and familiar faces. Especially when more bodies turn up, washed onto Canadian shores and surgically disfigured. Before the case is over, all manner of avenues will be investigated including a ring of hard-core pornography and Snuff film producers and the end result is the possible return of a master villan Special X may well have encountered at least once before......more |
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Death's Door - Michael Slade: Are YOU my mummy? This thriller has it all wrapped up.... (665 words)
by - written on 13/05/09 (Very useful, 9 readings)
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Death's Door is the ninth Special X novel featuring a branch of the RCMP who deal exclusively with cases that have an external link outside Canadian borders. Readers of my reviews and fans of this series will know by now that Michael Slade is actually a nom-de-pleurre and that the series is written by a Canadian Lawyer and his daughter. These books also often heavily feature a link to historical events and so are often chock-heavy with reference and background material. Death's Door is no exception taking a long and factual look at the history of mummification, Egyptology and the age-old search for the secret of eternal youth all wrapped up in a highly clever and well ... Read the complete review
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