Track of the Scorpion
The Nicolette Scott Mysteries: Book #1
- By: Robert R. Irvine
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
- Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Description
Nicolette Scott is an archaeologist with an unusual specialty, the recent past, and an even odder passion: uncovering lost airplanes. But ancient civilizations are where the funding is, and the New Mexico badlands are where her father is, so Nick bides her time on a dig of prehistoric Anasazi dwellings. When a prospector brings word of his unexpected find—an airplane buried in the shifting sands of the desert—Nick is eager to investigate.
What she finds is an American B-17 bomber, shot down over friendly territory, its long-dead crew still inside. As Nick tries to trace the warplane's origins and crew, she soon realizes she's triggered a massive cover-up. Within days the newspaper that reported her discovery has retracted its story, the B-17 itself has disappeared, Nick's career is in serious jeopardy, and people who saw the plane are starting to die. It will take every survival instinct Nick has learned in the brutal desert to keep her from being the next victim.
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The Nicolette Scott Mysteries Series
Track of the Scorpion
By: Robert R. Irvine
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Nicolette Scott is an archaeologist with an unusual specialty, the recent past, and an even odder passion: uncovering lost airplanes. But ancient civilizations are where the funding is, and the New Mexico badlands are where her father is, so Nick bides her time on a dig of prehistoric Anasazi dwellings. When a prospector brings word of his... Read more »
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Flight of the Serpent
By: Robert R. Irvine
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
On a dig at the edge of the sun-seared Sonoran Desert, archaeologist Nicolette Scott witnesses a bizarre plane crash that leaves a young man dead in the cockpit of his mangled, burning Cessna. Federal investigators call it "pilot error," but the dead man's grieving grandfather, John Gault, a man who shares Nick's passion for aviation, is... Read more »
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Wake of the Hornet
By: Robert R. Irvine
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A mission to murder …
Fifteen miles long, bordered by pristine white beaches, Balesin is an emerald paradise in the blue waters of the South Pacific and home to a bizarre religious cult. Since World War II, the people of Balesin have worshiped airplanes and the rich cargo they carry. Hoping to obtain the spoils of the modern world, they have... Read more »
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The Return of the Spanish Lady
By: Robert R. Irvine
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Nicolette Scott is an archaeologist whose knowledge of early airplanes has won her kudos as an expert, a reputation for ignoring authority, and a job at the Smithsonian. Shortly after she begins working there, she is thrilled to be included in the museum's latest project. E-Group, a large pharmaceutical company, is equipping an expedition to a... Read more »
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Thread of the Spider
By: Robert R. Irvine
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
"That car…belonged to a pair of bank robbers. Their names were Knute and Nora and they were almost as famous as Bonnie and Clyde during the Depression…They got killed in the Green River Massacre, but the car was never found."
"There's more," Nick said. "This paper is dated more than a year before the Japanese attacked Pearl…And there's a... Read more »
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