01960cam a2200289 4500 759213750 TxAuBib 20170412120000.0 161017s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016036489 9780345527868 hbk. : alk.paper $28.00 0345527860 hbk. : alk.paper $28.00 (OCoLC)955007467 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ HEV ABG ZQP TXDRI ZHB JCW APL IHX VP@ PRSPR TxGR TxAuBib Kostova, Elizabeth, author. The shadow land [Book] : a novel / Elizabeth Kostova. Shadowland. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2017] 478 pages ; 24 cm. A "novel that spans the past and the present--and unearths the dark secrets of Bulgaria, a beautiful and haunted country. A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi--and realizes too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers that she is holding an urn filled with human ashes. As Alexandra sets out to locate the family and return this precious item, she will first have to uncover the secrets of a talented musician who was shattered by oppression--and she will find out all too quickly that this knowledge is fraught with its own danger."-- Provided by publisher. 20170412. Americans Bulgaria Fiction. Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. RV8