The emperor's tomb

Description:

When his friend, Cassiopeia Vitt finds herself in a jam, Cotton Malone agrees to help. However, as he investigates why anybody would want to harm his friend, he realizes that she is in the middle of an international conspiracy. Consequently, Malone finds himself going up against his former boss and stumbles upon a plot to covertly control the world.

subjects: Ransom,  Kidnapping,  Cotton Malone (Fictitious character),  Antiquarian booksellers,  Antiquities,  Fiction,  Booksellers and bookselling, fiction,  Denmark, fiction,  Pakistan, fiction,  China, fiction,  Fiction, thrillers, general,  nyt:mass-market-paperback=2011-09-18,  New York Times bestseller

Places: Denmark,  China,  Pakistan