Smith, Scott, 1965 July 13-

The ruins : a novel / Scott Smith. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. - 319 p. ; 25 cm.

Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them...--From publisher description.

1400043875 (alk. paper) 9781400043873

2005057782


Mayas--Fiction.


Cancún (Mexico)--Fiction.


Suspense fiction.

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