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Sarah Underhill Wisseman* teaches archaeometry at the University of Illinois.
Her two Lisa Donahue mystery novels, "Bound for Eternity" (2005) and "The Dead Sea Codex" (2006), are based on her research and her Junior Year Abroad in Israel."Bound" was a finalist in St. Martin?s Press 2004 Malice Domestic contest for Best First Traditional Mystery.
Sarah lives in Champaign, Illinois.
*maiden name Sally Underhill |
The Dead Sea Codex
Archaeologists race to find a lost codex before Christian fanatics destroy it.
Hard Shell Word Factory.
Ebook (December 2005)
ISBN 0-7599-3675-7 ($5.00)
Trade paperback (January 2006)
ISBN 0-7599-3678-1 ($10.95)
"Sarah Wisseman's second entry in the Lisa Donahue series is entertaining and satisfying. It is a slim volume (only 150 pages in length) and this is a strength. Her prose is spare but evocative and one gains an insight into the sights and smells and atmosphere of Israel, from the souks of the Old City to the incredible desolation of the Dead Sea area. The characters are credible and the adventure and the danger--especially in the environment of the Dead Sea caves--are palpable. I look forward to more of Lisa's archaeological adventures--as either a care-free ABD or as a world-weary widow and single parent."
Bill Grescens, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse.
"If you liked The Da Vinci Code, you'll love The Dead Sea Codex."
Diana Kirk, author of Song of Isis
Buy Dead Sea Codex
Article about Dead Sea Codex
Bound for Eternity
A museum curator discovers that an Egyptian mummy holds the secret to two murders in her Boston Museum.
April, 2005
ISBN 0-595-35088-7 ($15.95)
"Highly authentic, written by an archaeologist, "BOUND FOR ETERNITY is a great read. The museum setting was both eerie and fascinating. I hope to see Lisa Donahue in many books to come."
Barbara D'Amato, Chicago author of the Cat Marsala series and Death of a Thousand Cuts
Buy Bound for Eternity
Review of B for E
The Virtual Mummy (non-fiction)
Short story "Safari" by Sarah Wisseman
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