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The tenth witness an Henri Poincaré mystery

The Tenth Witness, a prequel to the award-winning All Cry Chaos, is the tale of a man upended: a twenty-eight-year-old who rejects a brilliant career in engineering for a dark, uncertain one in international police work. On the night of October 9, 1799, the frigate HMS Lutine broke apart on the shoals of the Frisian Islands off the Dutch coast. When the insurer Lloyds of London paid on the wreck, it took ownership and planned expeditions to recoup the lost millions in gold and silver. Nearly two hundred years later, after a series of largely failed salvage operations, Lloyds tries again-this time on the strength of new technologies and a strategy devised by the gifted young engineer Henri Poincare. It is late spring 1978, and Poincare has worked nearly to exhaustion preparing for the Lutine dive. Before the salvage season begins, however, he takes a rare holiday: a hike at low tide across the vast, muddy flats of the Wadden Sea. His guide is Liesel Kraus, who is smart, able, appealing-and troubled. She and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and, as the directors of Kraus Steel, an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincare draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will-aside from Interpol. It seems that pain as well as treasure can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present.

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  • "In1978 Lloyds of London is ready to salvage a ship wrecked in 1799, using a new strategy developed by young engineer Henri Poincar. Meanwhile, Poincar meets the smart, appealing and troubled Liesel Kraus. Liesel and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincar draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will aside from Interpol."
  • "The Tenth Witness, a prequel to the award-winning All Cry Chaos, is the tale of a man upended: a twenty-eight-year-old who rejects a brilliant career in engineering for a dark, uncertain one in international police work. On the night of October 9, 1799, the frigate HMS Lutine broke apart on the shoals of the Frisian Islands off the Dutch coast. When the insurer Lloyds of London paid on the wreck, it took ownership and planned expeditions to recoup the lost millions in gold and silver. Nearly two hundred years later, after a series of largely failed salvage operations, Lloyds tries again-this time on the strength of new technologies and a strategy devised by the gifted young engineer Henri Poincare. It is late spring 1978, and Poincare has worked nearly to exhaustion preparing for the Lutine dive. Before the salvage season begins, however, he takes a rare holiday: a hike at low tide across the vast, muddy flats of the Wadden Sea. His guide is Liesel Kraus, who is smart, able, appealing-and troubled. She and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and, as the directors of Kraus Steel, an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincare draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will-aside from Interpol. It seems that pain as well as treasure can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present."@en
  • "It is late spring 1978, and Poincaré has worked nearly to exhaustion preparing for the Lutine dive. Before the salvage season begins, however, he takes a rare holiday: a hike at low tide across the vast, muddy flats of the Wadden Sea. His guide is Liesel Kraus, who is smart, able, appealing--and troubled. She and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and, as the directors of Kraus Steel, an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincaré draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will--aside from Interpol. It seems that pain as well as treasure can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present."@en
  • "The Tenth Witness, a prequel to the award-winning All Cry Chaos, is the tale of a man upended: a twenty-eight-year-old who rejects a brilliant career in engineering for a dark, uncertain one in international police work. On the night of October 9, 1799, the frigate HMS Lutine broke apart on the shoals of the Frisian Islands off the Dutch coast. When the insurer Lloyds of London paid on the wreck, it took ownership and planned expeditions to recoup the lost millions in gold and silver. Nearly two hundred years later, after a series of largely failed salvage operations, Lloyds tries again--this time on the strength of new technologies and a strategy devised by the gifted young engineer Henri Poincaré. It is late spring 1978, and Poincaré has worked nearly to exhaustion preparing for the Lutine dive. Before the salvage season begins, however, he takes a rare holiday: a hike at low tide across the vast, muddy flats of the Wadden Sea. His guide is Liesel Kraus, who is smart, able, appealing--and troubled. She and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and, as the directors of Kraus Steel, an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincaré draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will--aside from Interpol. It seems that pain as well as treasure can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present."
  • "In 1978, engineer Henri Poincaré, working on a salvage operation in the Netherlands, meets Liesel Kraus, whose family's steel firm has Nazi ties, and as he investigates her family and his own he learns that the last witnesses are dying."@en
  • "In 1978, Lloyds of London is ready to salvage a ship wrecked in 1799, using a new strategy developed by young engineer Henri Poincare. Meanwhile, Poincare meets the smart, appealing, and troubled, Liesel Kraus. Liesel and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincare draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will."@en
  • "In the spring of 1978, Lloyds of London is poised to restart salvage operations on a ship wrecked in 1799, using a new strategy developed by the gifted young engineer Henri Poincaré. In the meantime, however, Poincaré takes a rare holiday. His guide is Liesel Kraus, who is smart, able, appealing--and troubled. She and her brother Anselm are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and, as the directors of Kraus Steel, an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincaré draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until, finally, love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else will--aside from Interpol. It seems that pain as well as treasure can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present."@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Mystery fiction"
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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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  • "The tenth witness an Henri Poincaré mystery"@en
  • "The tenth witness"
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  • "The tenth witness : an Henri Poincaré mystery"

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