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Secrets of the Nile a Lady Emily mystery

In a brilliant homage to Agatha Christie, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander sends Lady Emily to Egypt during British colonial rule to investigate a crime that leads back to the era of the Pharaohs. Lord Bertram Deeley, a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities is entertaining his...

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Main Author: Alexander, Tasha, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Series: Lady Emily mystery ; 16.
Subjects:
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
British > Fiction.
Europeans > Fiction.
Nile River > Fiction.
Egypt > History > 20th century.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary: In a brilliant homage to Agatha Christie, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander sends Lady Emily to Egypt during British colonial rule to investigate a crime that leads back to the era of the Pharaohs. Lord Bertram Deeley, a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities is entertaining his closest friends at a lavish cruise up the Nile to his home at Luxor when he suddenly collapses after offering a welcome toast, a victim of the lethal poison cyanide. Who amongst this group of his nearest and dearest would want to kill their generous host: an archeologist whose dig Deeley was funding until he suddenly withdrew support? A powerful politician whose career Deeley had secretly destroyed? A dyspeptic aristocratic English spinster whose hired travelling companion seems determined to protect her employer? Or even the formidable Mrs. Hargreaves, Lady Emily's mother-in-law, who may have spurned the advances of Lord Deeley when they were both younger? A key clue may lie with several ancient ushabtis, exquisite three-thousand-year-old sculptures that played a role in yet another murder in Ancient Egypt, a crime with a very real link to Lord Deeley's death. Lady Emily and Colin gather their suspects together to reveal the identity of a killer whose motive is as shocking as it is brilliant.
Physical Description: 314 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781250819697
1250819695
Author Notes: Tasha Alexander is a graduate of Notre Dame. Following graduation, she traveled for several years, eventually settling with her family in Tennessee. When not reading, she can be found hard at work writing. She is the author of the bestselling Emily Ashton Series. She also wrote the novelization for Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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