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The Scorpion's Bite

It is 1943 and the world is at war. Archaeologist Lily Sampson has been sent to Trans-Jordan, by the OSS, along with Gideon Weil, the famous director of the American School of Archeology in Jerusalem. As part of their survey, they roam the beautiful, silent, Trans-Jordanian desert where the indelible presence of Lawrence of Arabia is still lingers, and where the ancient Nabateans once ruled an empire from their capital in Petra. Soon Lily and Gideon are stranded in the Wadi Rum, and their Bedouin guide is murdered. When Gideon is accused of the crime, Lily must clear him of the accusation.

Lily discovers that two oil pipelines run from Iraq through the desert to the ports on Mediterranean, one through one through Trans-Jordan that supplies the Allies, the other through Syria that supplies the Nazis. Syrians and Vichy French are raiding across the border, threatening to destroy the Trans-Jordan pipeline. Lily discovers their real mission is to help safeguard the Trans-Jordan pipeline and to prevent oil from reaching the Nazis through Syria. At the same time Lily learns of a Nazi plot to kidnap and kill the eight-year old King Faisal of Iraq and take over Iraq.

Now, Lily and Gideon must act to protect the Trans-Jordan pipeline, sabotage the Syrian line, and rescue Faisal to prevent the Nazi takeover of Iraq.


BOOKS IN PRINT

The Gold of Thrace
When the first member of the staff of her Turkish excavation is murdered and a mosaic floor disappears overnight from her site, archaeologist Tamar Saticoy plunges into the shady world of the antiquities trade in the quest to discover who is responsible for the theft of artifacts from archaeological sites.
Tamar traces the mosaic floor to Switzerland, where the captivating prince of antiquities dealers, Gilberto Dela Barcolo, and his enigmatic friend, Enzio Egidio, charm her. Soon she finds herself enmeshed in a tangle of deceit, theft, and forgery. Battling smoke and mirrors, she discovers that no one is who they seem to be. Two more members of her excavation staff are killed, the venal Chatham who has discovered a hoard of Thracian gold in Bulgaria, and Orman who, like Tamar, is following the trail of the stolen mosaic and Tamar herself becomes the next target for murder.



The Torch of Tangier
In 1942, Tangier teems with spies working for both the Axis and the Allies. American archaeologist Lily Sampson, stranded in Tangier after Pearl Harbor, becomes embroiled in the secret preparations for the planned Allied invasion of North Africa – code-named Operation Torch.


A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes
In British mandated Palestine, in 1938, archaeologist Lily Sampson plunges into a labyrinth of intrigue and danger after artifacts go missing from her site and the director, British archaeologist Eastbourne, is murdered and the British police fail to investigate.

Archaeological Mysteries

The Gold of Thrace
An archaeological mystery about the intrigue and deceit in the antiquities trade. "the antiquities underground is brought to life...", Booklist; "A gripping, moving, and well-done story." Midwest book review
The Torch of Tangier
“…Fast-paced thriller/mystery…”
--Publishers Weekly
A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes
"Reading Aileen G. Baron's vivid account...is like standing on the balcony of the city's new Y.M.C.A. and watching civilization go up in flames." Marilyn Stazio, The New York Times