El Aguijón del Escorpión / The Scorpion’s Tail

Leyendas apaches, minas abandonadas y experimentos secretos en la segunda entrega de la nueva serie de Preston & Child que mezcla arqueolog?a, historia, asesinato y suspense.

Corrie Swanson, joven agente del FBI, se enfrenta al descubrimiento de un cuerpo momificado en High Lonesome, un pueblo minero de Nuevo M?xico abandonado hace mucho tiempo. El cad?ver se encuentra en posici?n fetal, el rostro presenta un rictus terror?fico y entre sus ropas se oculta una cruz de oro y piedras preciosas. El extra?o hallazgo plantea muchas preguntas y Corrie solicita la colaboraci?n de la doctora Nora Kelly en la excavaci?n.

El fallecido se llamaba Jim Gower y sol?a merodear por el pueblo en busca de reliquias de los indios originarios de la zona y de los conquistadores espa?oles que llegaron despu?s. 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 hab?a sido propietario de un rancho a pocos kil?metros de High Lonesome, que le expropi? el gobierno.

La investigaci?n concluye que Jim Gower muri? alrededor de 1945, envenenado. Entretanto, la doctora Kelly ha identificado uno de los objetos hallados junto al cad?ver, 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.

Author: Douglas Preston
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
Published: 08/22/2023
Series: Nora Kelly
Pages: 2456
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9788401031137
Language: Spanish