Co-owner of an antique shop in Toronto, Lara McClintock flies to Malta to keep track of the shipment of antique furniture to the new home of the famous architect and womanizer Martin Galea. But when Galea is found dead, Lara learns that her client and his house have fallen under a curse from the past—its roots going back to those distant times when the Great Goddess ruled Malta. Lin Hamilton is a popular Canadian writer; already at the start of her career she received an award from the Mystery Writers Association of Canada. Her cycle of captivating historical detective novels about Lara McClintock’s adventures quickly won the love of readers in many countries.