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#1378 of 8,085 books · #419 in Crime & Thriller

Won the Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year) (1978).

A filmmaker is reported dead near Mount Everest. His brother, Charles Houston, is convinced he's alive and is determined to find him. It's a dangerous expedition. He travels from India to the forbidden land of Tibet. In the Yamdring monastery, he discovers an emerald treasure guarded by a woman with a deadly secret. But the Chinese army is coming...

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571326839
Topics
Adventure and explorationSearch for a missing brotherTibet and forbidden lands

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