The Mummy Case

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen . Klappentext Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"—and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in the barren area worthy of their interest—until an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop. A second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene, a mysterious scrap of papyrus, and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia's curiosity. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turn—and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal. Zusammenfassung Radcliffe Emerson! the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody! has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"—and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor! he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in the barren area worthy of their interest—until an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop. A second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene! a mysterious scrap of papyrus! and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia's curiosity. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb! events take a darker and deadlier turn—and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Peters
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.02.2011
• EAN: 9780061999208
• ISBN: 978-0-06-199920-8
• Pagine: 416
• Dimensioni: 106 mm x 191 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Amelia Peabody Series; Amelia Peabody; Amelia Peabody Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; Historical romance, Romantic suspense, Ancient World, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Romance / Historical / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Ancient World