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Haskell Maloney was cruelly orphaned as a baby, and twenty‑two years later she discovers that the celebrated war hero whose name she shares is not her biological father. Seeking the truth about her birth, Haskell journeys to Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute, a place where her mother once lived and died under mysterious circumstances. As she probes the dark corners of the institute’s archives, she realizes that her search has unearthed more secrets than she anticipated. Now she must race against time to unmask those who would kill her and to finally understand who she really is.
Themes of identity, family ties, and the hidden histories that bind us play out against the backdrop of a university museum and its storied past.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Barbara Michaels
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