02210cam a2200373 i 4500 2227039350 TxAuBib 20250515120000.0 241122s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024052751 9780802164414 hardcover $27.00 0802164412 hardcover $27.00 (OCoLC)1473699475 TxAuBib rda Bauer, Belinda, 1962-, author. The impossible thing [Book] / Belinda Bauer. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2025] 327 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "From the exceptionally original mind of Booker Prize-longlisted author Belinda Bauer, a sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years. 1926. On the cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there. The most beautiful are sold for large sums. A small girl-penniless and neglected by her family-retrieves one such treasure. Its discovery will forever alter the course of her life. A century later. In a remote cottage in Wales, Patrick Fort finds his friend, Nick, and his mother tied up and robbed. The only thing missing: a carved case containing an incredible scarlet egg. Doggedly attempting to retrieve it, Patrick and Nick discover the cruel world of egg trafficking, and soon find themselves on the trail of a priceless collection of eggs long lost to history. Until now. Taut and wonderfully imagined, The Impossible Thing asks, how do you find something that doesn't exist?" -- Provided by publisher. 20250515. Thieves Fiction. Eggs Fiction. Robbery Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Wales Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. RV8