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Black Amber

Black Amber

by Phyllis A. Whitney

Fiction in EnglishLarge type booksFiction, thrillers, suspenseTurkey, fictionLiterature and fiction, mystery and suspense
4.0
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**From the jacket** In an ancient land of Mosques and Minarets, the secret behind her sister's death is hidden. When Anabel Radburn placed a desperate overseas phonecall to her sister Tracy saying she was in great danger, Tracy chalked it up to Anabel's dramatic flair. Until the next day when Anabel's body is pulled from the Bosporus in Istanbul. Racked with guilt for not responding immediately, Tracy travels to Turkey where she keeps her idenity secret while trying to piece together the broken threads of Anabel's life. Despite what Anabel's husband says, Tracy is convinced that her sister did not commit suicide. As she searches for clues in Anabel's waterfront vills. Tracy finds mystery and danger around every corner. Alone in a far-off country, Tracy must act quickly if she wants to live long enough to avenge Anabel's death.

Themes & subjects

Fiction in EnglishLarge type booksFiction, thrillers, suspenseTurkey, fictionLiterature and fiction, mystery and suspenseDeath

Setting

Istanbul (Turkey)

About the author

Phyllis A. Whitney
Phyllis A. Whitney

3 September 1903 – 8 February 2008

Phyllis Ayame Whitney was born in Yokohama, Japan, the daughter of American parents, and spent her early years in Asia. She began writing early in her teens. In 1918, upon the death of her father, she travelled with her mother to Berkeley, California, and then to San Antonio, Texas. A few years later her mother died, and she moved to Chicago to live with her aunt. After graduating from high school, she began to write seriously, and began to sell her stories to newspapers and pulp magazines while supporting herself by working for The Chicago Public Library and bookstores in Chicago. She married her first husband in 1934. During the 1940s she was a children's book editor for both the Chicago S…

Author

Phyllis A. Whitney

Pages

224

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

20

Language

English

Publisher

Fawcett

ISBN

9781504043915

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