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The Lost Taonga : An Inspector O'rorke Novel
Paperback Edition: 1
Their Taonga: Ngai Tahus ancient and sacred treasure. Everybody covets it. When it is stolen, the ancestors start wreaking havoc. The curse destroys peoples lives. Boats are overturned, babies die at birth, throats are slit. It must be returned to appease the ancestors. It has
drawn Countess Margarita Szechnyi and Boyland the Collector, otherwise known as the Butcher of Warsaw, together into a web of murder, intrigue, love and deceit. Inspector ORorke is pushed into the case, along with his good friend Colonel Henry Jamieson and Henare Greaves as they attempt to return the Taonga to its rightful place. Starting in the secret caves of Murihiku in New Zealands South Island in 1883, then travelling to South America, on to London, then over to the Greek Isles, this book keeps the reader intrigued right through to the gripping climax. This is the sixth in Edmund Bohans gripping series of Inspector ORorke novels..
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