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The scorpion's tail [sound recording] / Preston & Child.

Preston, Douglas J. (author). Child, Lincoln (author). Farrell, Cynthia (narrator).

Summary:

After a shoot-out Swanson is involved in leaves a senior FBI agent gravely wounded, Corrie finds herself under investigation. Her supervisor assures her she's not to blame and the black mark on her record will be cleared in short order. But Corrie finds herself unable to shake her overwhelming guilt. As a distraction, she takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old, mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome, a long-abandoned New Mexico ghost town. Quickly out of her depth, she quickly realizes she needs the help of her foe-turned-ally, archaeologist Nora Kelly, who soon uncovers a startling truth: the deceased had been poisoned, and died clutching a priceless artifact from outside High Lonesome.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781549142277
  • ISBN: 1549142275
  • ISBN: 9781549162305
  • ISBN: 1549162306
  • Physical Description: 10 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Audio, a division of Hachette Book Group, 2021.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Cynthia Farrell.
System Details Note:
Compact discs.
Subject:
Kelly, Nora (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > Officials and employees > Fiction.
Archaeologists > Fiction.
Women archaeologists > Fiction.
Museum curators > Fiction.
Historians > Fiction.
Mummies > Fiction.
Donner Party > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Fiction.
New Mexico > Fiction.
Genre:
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.

Available copies

  • 24 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Madison Main Library AUDB 10-CD PRE (Text) 30229101205465 Adult Audiobook Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library CDBOOK PRESTON (Text) 39493110011279 Adult Audiobook Available -
Andrews Public Library CD F PRE (Text) 80605003584256 Adult Audiobook Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library A-CD PRE (Text) 50503010781757 Adult Audiobook Available -
Cliffdale Library BOOK CD F PRESTON (Text) 31781066432632 Adult Audiobook Available -
Denton Public Library CD F PRE (Text) 25908007916781 Adult Audiobook Available -
Goldsboro Library CD PRE (Text) 990000000539934 Adult Audiobook Checked out 08/22/2026
Hampton B. Allen Library FIC PRESTON (Text) 18198000017907 Adult Audiobook Available -
Harold D. Cooley Library AUD F PRE (Text) 20100000022774 Adult Audiobook Available -
Haywood County Main Library CD F Preston (Text) 33115007687903 Adult Audiobook Available -