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#4625 of 8,085 books · #703 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (1997).

Amelia finds good luck - in her dreams! 'Stay away from tomb Twenty-Al' says an ominous message delivered by an unseen hand. The year is 1903, the place is Cairo, and it's time for Amelia's ninth adventure. She is asked for help by an old friend whose husband has fallen for a spiritualist; then a plea arrives from an expat colonel whose daughter is threatened by an unknown enemy, and Ramses, now a headstrong teenager, undertakes an adventure that is guaranteed to turn his mother's hair white! Amelia then dreams of a large cat, an Egyptian sign of good luck - which as the situation stands, is in precious short supply...

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9781780337555
Topics
Archaeology and ancient EgyptMystery investigationFamily dynamics

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