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A review by cyntax
Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
4.0
This was my favorite mystery series in middle school/high school, and lately I've been wanting to re-read it to see if it lives up to my memories.
I just love Vicky Bliss - she's a feminist, and I always loved how smart and hardworking she is.
Vicky is an art history professor at a Midwest university. One winter night she visits her kinda-boyfriend Tony (fellow art history professor and chauvinist) in his office. While perusing a new book with previously unpublished letters, they realize a long-lost carving by a famous artist may be hidden in an old castle in Germany. Tony makes a deal with Vicky - they will compete against each other to see who can find the artifact first. If Tony wins (or as he puts it, proves his intellectual superiority), he wants Vicky to marry him.
For me, this book is a perfect combination of a 1940s caper and Indiana Jones (in the form of Vicky Bliss of course). Still a favorite.
I just love Vicky Bliss - she's a feminist, and I always loved how smart and hardworking she is.
Vicky is an art history professor at a Midwest university. One winter night she visits her kinda-boyfriend Tony (fellow art history professor and chauvinist) in his office. While perusing a new book with previously unpublished letters, they realize a long-lost carving by a famous artist may be hidden in an old castle in Germany. Tony makes a deal with Vicky - they will compete against each other to see who can find the artifact first. If Tony wins (or as he puts it, proves his intellectual superiority), he wants Vicky to marry him.
For me, this book is a perfect combination of a 1940s caper and Indiana Jones (in the form of Vicky Bliss of course). Still a favorite.