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The ruby's curse / Alex Kingston with Jacqueline Rayner.

by Kingston, Alex.

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BBC Books, 2021.

Doctor Who (Series)

9781785947131 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Doctor who : the ruby's curse

275 p. ; 24 cm.

"A River Song/Melody Malone mystery"--Cover.

"She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips... and so has she. 1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse? 1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong? From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery- Is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?"--Provided by publisher.

Science fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Rayner, Jacqueline.

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