The Dead Sea Cipher — Elizabeth Peters

ODYSSEY OF TERROR

Beirut . . Sidon . . . Tyre ... Damascus .. . These fabled cities became places of sinister mischief and sudden violence as lovely young Dinah searched for the secret that would explain the strange markings on a torn piece of paper given her by a man marked for death.

The American girl had begun this journey as' an innocent tourist--but now she ivas involved in a desperate race .to unearth a fabulous treasure. Shadowing her every move were two men, sworn enemies of each other--and she did not know which one to love, which one to fear, as she plunged into the mystery of -- the dead sea cipher