The Deadliest Returns

<p><span style=color: rgba(166 166 166 1)>Returning whether it means going back or giving back is never easy at least not in this volume of three Miriam bat Isaac novelettes: </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(166 166 166 1)>In the first story The Bodyguard Miriam's twin brother returns from the dead to serve as a bodyguard to the son of a legionnaire. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(166 166 166 1)>In the second story The Beggar an old man disguised as a matronly beggar returns to Alexandria to find the lovechild he left behind. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(166 166 166 1)>And in the third story The Black Pearl Miriam sails to Ephesus to return the city's black pearl only to have it disappear. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(166 166 166 1)>If like Miriam you thrive on uncovering the guilty longings secrets lies and evil deeds of others then let her take you through the shrill parade of macabre creatures she confronts in these stories. </span></p>