- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books (Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060521902
- ISBN-13: 978-0060521905
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 782,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first Lauren Haney book that I've read, but it won't be the last!
A Path of Shadows has Lt. Bek as its main character again, but it is more than just a whodunnit set in ancient Egypt. This time, Bek has been asked by an old friend of his commanding officer to look for the officer's son, lost in the Eastern Desert whilst exploring a new route through to the turquoise mines in Sinai.
Bek takes some of his Medjay (an elite Nubian unit, famous for their archery, who were often given special missions)and sets off, meeting up with an assortment of different people in 2 small caravans, which decide to travel together. Almost immediately, one of the Medjay find a body and after that, people start falling like flies (well, not quite!).
How are these deaths connected to the search for the explorer? A rumour that he found gold on his last-but-one trip may explain why everybody is interested in where he went, but why are people still getting killed?. The answer is intriguing and perfectly logical, but Bek gets it first!
A Path of Shadows has Lt. Bek as its main character again, but it is more than just a whodunnit set in ancient Egypt. This time, Bek has been asked by an old friend of his commanding officer to look for the officer's son, lost in the Eastern Desert whilst exploring a new route through to the turquoise mines in Sinai.
Bek takes some of his Medjay (an elite Nubian unit, famous for their archery, who were often given special missions)and sets off, meeting up with an assortment of different people in 2 small caravans, which decide to travel together. Almost immediately, one of the Medjay find a body and after that, people start falling like flies (well, not quite!).
How are these deaths connected to the search for the explorer? A rumour that he found gold on his last-but-one trip may explain why everybody is interested in where he went, but why are people still getting killed?. The answer is intriguing and perfectly logical, but Bek gets it first!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
an exciting and suspensful read
12 Oct 2003
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Another exciting installment in the Lieutenant Bak of the Medjay police mystery novels. And like previous mysteries in this series, "A Path of Shadows" is intriguing, suspenseful and clever.
Lieutenant Bak and his unit are getting ready to leave Waset in order to take up their posts at Mennufer when Bak's commander, Commandant Thuty, asks Bak to take on an investigation into the disappearance of an explorer, Minnakht. Minnakht is the son of Commandant Inebny, the ranking officer at the garrison at Waset, and a friend of Thuty's; and when Minnakht fails to return from his latest trip across the Eastern Desert, his father is naturally quite anxious. According to Minnakht's guide, Senna, Minnakht vanished in the desert somewhere between Kaine and the turquoise mines on the far side of the sea. Apparently Senna had become ill during the trip and Minnakht had decided to proceed without him; but both had agreed to meet at a specific spot later. And when Minnakht failed to make the rendezvous, Senna tried to retrace Minnakht's trail, hoping to find him. But to no avail. Now, both Thuty and Inebny want Bak to make that same fateful trip that Minnakht had across the desert in order to discover what has happened to the young man. Bak on the other hand is quite horrified at the thought of setting out into so hostile a land. But he is curious to discover what became of Minnakht, especially when rumours that Minnakht was looking for gold begin to surface. As Bak, Senna and a few other Medjay officers make their way across the desert, it soon dawns on Bak that the stark and harsh desert is the least of their worries, for someone seems to be keeping an eye on them; and when murder raises its ugly head, Bak cannot help but wonder if there is more to the disappearance of Minnakht than meets the eye...
I absolutely love this series. Lauren Haney does a wonderful job of bringing the Egypt of Lieutenant Bak with all it's noise and colour to life. Perfectly depicted also is the prejudice that of the city dwellers had for the nomads of the desert. As for the mystery in this particular installment, it was clever, intriguing and so carefully paced that the level of suspense became more and more heightened as the book progressed. The Lieutenant Bak mysteries is one of my favourite's -- actually it probably is my favourite. The mysteries are always carefully and meticulously plotted, the historical details are brilliant, and the plots are always clever and suspenseful. And "A Path of Shadows" proved to be no exception to this rule.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not up to par with prior entries in the series
28 Feb 2004
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I've admired Haney's Lieutenant Bak stories, but have to admit that this one just doesn't live up to her best. Bak strikes out on an interminable trek in the desert to find the son of big-wig. By the time the mystery is solved, you feel like you've spent WAY too much time in the desert yourself. The solution is not particularly satisfying.
I'm hoping that when Bak moves north for his new assignment, the series will regain its spirit.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
a path of shadows
15 Oct 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I'm glad a previous reviewer enjoyed this book and the previous one, but I did not. I too am a great fan of this series, but the last two books seemed flat to me--not very engaging. I certainly will continue to read Haney's books about Lieutenant Bak because when they are good(which they usually are) they are very very good.
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