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Artifact

A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, Book 1

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Artifact

By: Gigi Pandian
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
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When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend. But she's not the only one on the trail.

From San Francisco to the Highlands of Scotland, Jaya must evade a shadowy stalker as she follows hints from the hastily scrawled note to a remote archaeological dig. Helping her decipher the cryptic clues are her magician best friend, a devastatingly handsome art historian with something to hide, and a charming archaeologist running for his life. When a member of the dig's crew is murdered, Jaya must figure out which of the scholars vying for her affections might be the love of her life - and which one is a killer.

©2012 Gigi Pandian (P)2015 Tantor Cosy Mystery Romance Romantic Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Highlander Fiction Suspense

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"Pandian's new series may well captivate a generation of readers, combining the suspenseful, mysterious and romantic." ( RT Book Reviews)
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The story was good. Unfortunately, being British, the attempt at the accents of the Scottish and English characters was hilariously bad.

Good book, but

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Both the story and the reading are alright, although, one can feel (by listening/reading) to other Gigi' books how the author's has grown over the years and the books evolved and mature with their (Gigi) writing. This is my sixth of their books I've read, and while, 'The Artifact', it keeps you entertained, it feels cringey at times (or perhaps I'm getting old) as it is a bit juvenil. Perhaps the book itself has the narrative differently and is the audio version? Nonetheless, the idea for the story is nice and the plot too, perhaps just the development is a bit off.

Keeps you entertained

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Having listened to Pandian's Accidental Alchemist series I was looking forward to this book , I was extremely disappointed. The main character is annoying beyond all reason. She is supposed to be an academic but there's little evidence of that. She is supposed to be a modern woman who stands on her own feet yet she surroundings herself with men. This is in itself not a bad thing, but she comes over as a damsel in distress. As for the narrator, if you are going to set your story in a country that has a very distinct accent then at least make sure the person who is going to read the story can do a decent attempt at that accent. Needless to say I won't be reading the rest of the books in the series.

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I am enjoying the story, but unfortunately the English/Scottish accents are really badly done... it’s pretty distracting!

Terrible accents!

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Hard to listen to though story ok. Accents were truly bad, especially for anyone British.

Really awful accents

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