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Winner of the edgar award for best first novel, author elliot pattison masterfully scales the heights of the genre, taking readers to the top of the world while he. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Not many political thrillers are set in tibet, and few can match the power and poetry of this debut novel by journalist eliot pattison. The skull mantra by eliot pattison overdrive rakuten. Ill never stop suggesting eliot pattisons first thriller, the skull mantra, to mystery fans. Skull mantra is the first of pattisons inspector shans novels and, for me, promises to be one which will segue into the succeeding novels. A frequent visitor to china, his books and articles on international policy issues have been published around the world.
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