The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories by Gigi Pandian

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories by Gigi Pandian

A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world.

Appearing here for the first time, novelette The Cambodian Curse:

When an ancient and supposedly cursed Cambodian sculpture disappears from an impenetrable museum, and the carving's owner is killed by an invisible assailant while a witness is a few feet away, historian Jaya Jones and her old nemesis Henry North team up to solve the baffling crime.

Stories included: The Cambodian Curse, The Hindi Houdini, The Haunted Room, The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn, The Curse of Cloud Castle, Tempest in a Teapot, A Dark and Stormy Light, The Shadow of the River, plus bonus novella Fool's Gold.

With an Introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King addressing why we love locked rooms, and a Foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene, teasing out the tradition of John Dickson Carr that Pandian is following. This collection is filled with ingenious stories of magic, mystery, and history.

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THE CAMBODIAN CURSE AND OTHER STORIES by Gigi Pandian A Henery Press Mystery Short Story Collection

Pandian, Gigi: - Gigi Pandian is a USA Today bestselling and Anthony Award-winning mystery author, breast cancer survivor, and accidental almost-vegan. She's the child of cultural anthropologists from New Mexico and the southern tip of India, and spent her childhood traveling around the world on their research trips. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and a gargoyle who watches over the garden. Gigi's novels have been described as a cross between Indiana Jones and Agatha Christie. She writes the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mystery series (Artifact, Pirate Vishnu, Quicksand, Michelangelo's Ghost, The Ninja's Illusion, and The Glass Thief), the Accidental Alchemist mysteries (The Accidental Alchemist, The Masquerading Magician, The Elusive Elixir, and The Alchemist's Illusion), and locked-room mystery short stories (many are collected in The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories). Her debut novel was awarded a Malice Domestic Grant and named a Best of 2012 Debut by Suspense Magazine, and her mysteries have also been awarded the Anthony, Agatha, Rose, Lefty, and Derringer awards.

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ISBN 13	9781635114188
ISBN 10	1635114187
Title	The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories
Author	Gigi Pandian
Series	Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Short Story Collection
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Henery Press
Year published	2018-10-16
Number of pages	270
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