Do You Want to Know a Secret? (56 page)

“We’ve got a soft spot here,” called an expert mason, his words echoing against the walls of the underground passage.

The trowel tapped against the soft, red clay. Clumps of earth fell to the tunnel floor. The indentation in the wall grew larger.

The burrowing continued, revealing folds of material embedded in the clay, discolored and shredded by dirt and time. Still, some metallic threads managed to glitter in the light of the mining lamps. Gently, the mason brushed away the clay, following the trail of golden fabric.

The other workers in the tunnel gathered to watch the digging, and when they saw it they were grateful that they were all together. No one would have wanted to find such a thing alone.

A human skull and bones, swaddled in yards of gold lamé.

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APERBACKS
T
ITLES
BY
M
ARY
J
ANE
C
LARK

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Do You Promise Not to Tell?

Let Me Whisper in Your Ear

Close to You

Nobody Knows

Nowhere to Run

Hide Yourself Away

Dancing in the Dark

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET?

Copyright © 1998 by Mary Jane Clark.

Excerpt from
Dancing in the Dark
copyright © 2005 by Mary Jane Clark.

Excerpt from
Hide Yourself Away
copyright © 2004 by Mary Jane Clark.

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-21115

eISBN: 978-1-429-90287-8

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