ANCIENT EGYPT
IN
MYSTERIES
&
THRILLERS
Pharaohs are assassinated, Egyptologists murdered, treasures lost. Whodunnit? In ancient times and modern, there is always a sleuth near at hand.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction & Home Page
ANCIENT EGYPT
IN
MYSTERIES
&
THRILLERS
Pharaohs are assassinated, Egyptologists murdered, treasures lost. Whodunnit? In ancient times and modern, there is always a sleuth near at hand.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction & Home Page
| Last updated: February 2009 Titles, including translations, added within the last three months are noted. The following mysteries and thrillers feature significant elements drawn from ancient, and most especially pharaonic, Egypt. If you would like to contribute to the list with either new items or additions/corrections to the current list, please see the guidelines. |
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| Bedford-Jones, H.
"Cleopatra's Amulet" 1938: Argosy 286.2 (November 19) An Egyptian king is murdered. |
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| Bradshaw, Gillian
"The Justice of Isis" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 358-385)
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| Brandau, Birgit
Der Sieger von Kadesh [German: The Victor of Kadesh] 2001: München: Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag Murders coincide with a visit of the ambassador of Ramses II to the Hittite court, and the Hittite scribe Walwaziti must investigate: are they merely personal vendettas or more international in scope? |
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| Brussolo, Serge Le Labyrinthe du Pharaon [French: The Pharaoh's Labyrinth] 2000: Paris : Le Livre de poche King Anathotep orders a talented architect named Dakomon to construct a pyramid and labyrinth to keep his body and treasure, but thieves employ Anouna, a girl with a remarkably keen nose to sniff out the royal secret. Les Prisonničres de Pharaon [French: The Pharaoh's Prisoners] 2000: Paris : Le Livre de poche Anouna the perfumer is among the women captured by an outlaw and taken to a lost city. Sequel to Le Labyrinthe du Pharaon. |
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| Christie, Agatha
Death Comes As the End 1944: New York: Red Badge Detective/Dodd, Mead & Co. 1945: London: Cooper & Pike/Collins/Crime Club 1953: London: Penguin 1959: New York: Cardinal/Pocket Books 1963: Pan 1965: Murder International: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1970: Evil Under the Sun, Death Comes as the End, the Sittaford Mystery: The Agatha Christie Crime Collection: London: Paul Hamlyn 1971: London: Fontana 1972: New York: Pocket Books 1976: Glasgow: Fontana 1985: Five Classic Murder Mysteries: New York: Avenell 2000: New York: HarperCollins
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| Counihan, Deirdre
"Set in Stone" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 1-22)
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| Doherty, Paul ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES (JUDGE AMEROTKE) 1 -- The Mask of Ra 1998: London: Headline 1999: New York: St. Martin's Press
2 -- The Horus Killings 1999: London: Headline
Judge Amerotke is summoned to determine whether or not a rash of
murders
is divine indication that Hatusu (Hatshepsut) should not become
pharaoh.
3 -- The Anubis Slayings Ancient Egypt 3 (Judge Amerotke) 2000
Amerotke investigates theft and murder in the temple of Anubis, but
will
he be the next victim of a murderer who might be the god himself?
4 -- The Slayers of Seth
2001
5 -- The Assassins of Isis 2004: London: Headline A sect called the Sebaus is plundering tombs, General Suten is murdered, and four handmaids from the Temple of Isis have vanished. 6 -- The Poisoner of Ptah 2007: New York: St. Martin's Press "'Or You Can Drink the Wine. . . ?'" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 135-164)
Amerotke investigates the alleged suicide of Hatusu's former nurse.
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| Douglas, Carole Nelson "The Mummy Case" 1999: Cat Crimes Through Time, ed. Edward Gorman & Larry Segriff & Martin Harry Greenberg) A sacred cat tells a tale of mystery in the king of Egypt's court. |
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| Doyle, Noreen
"The Execration" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 79-104)
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| Drake, Nick Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead 2006: London: Bantam 2007: New York: HarperCollins When Nefertiti disappears, Akhenaten calls upon Rai Rehotep to find her. |
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| Dunning, James Edmund "The King's Jewel" 1904: Harper's Weekly Magazine (10 December; Christmas) |
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| Frank, Suzanne
"Claws of the Wind" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 253-271)
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| Geagley, Brad SEMERKET 1 -- Year of the Hyenas: a novel of murder in ancient Egypt 2005: New York: Simon & Schuster 2 -- Day of the False King: a novel of murder in ancient Babylon 2006: New York: Simon & Schuster |
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| Gill, Anton La cité des mensonges [French, The City of Dreams] (translated by Corine Derblum) Mystčres égyptiens 1996: Paris: Editions 10/18 Ay is king, and Ankhesenamen, Tutankhamon's widow, has fled to the south with her son. Are the troubles the former queen has been through coincidences, or attempts to murder her and the young former heir to the throne? City of the Dead* Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 2 1993: London: Bloomsbury
City of Desire* Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 5 1996
City of Dreams* Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 3 1993: London: Bloomsbury
City of the Horizon* Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 1 1991: London: Bloomsbury
City of the Sea* Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 6 1997
Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 1999: Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski: Headline "Scorpion's Kiss" Egyptian Mysteries/Huy the Scribe 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 228-252)
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| Gray, Berkeley (= Edwy Searles Brooks) Calamity Conquest Norman Conquest 1965 Norman Conquest inherits a Spanish country house in which an Egyptologist and others have interest. |
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| Griffen, Claire
"Serpent at the Feast" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 23-39)
The chief physician of King Khafre becomes embroiled in the family affairs of an old friend. |
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| Haney, Lauren (= Winkleman, Betty)[**NEWS
3/4/03**] [**NEWS
3/4/03**] LIEUTENANT BAK 1 -- A Curse of Silence 2000 2 -- A Vile Justice 1999: New York: Avon Every ten days for the past month, the governor of Abu (Elephantine) has lost a member of his household to murder. When Bak is summoned to investigate, the murders continue. 3 -- A Face Turned Backward 1998: New York: Avon The commandant of the fortress at Buhen is murdered -- or was it an act of divine retribution? 4 -- The Right Hand of Amon 1997: New York: Avon While overseeing the transport of a gold statue, Bak finds a murdered soldier. 5 -- A Place of Darkness 2001: New York: Avon Returning from exile in Nubia, Bak investigates thefts and fatal accidents at the construction site of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple. 6 -- A Cruel Deceit 2002: New York: Avon The murder of a Hittite trader mars the Feast of Opet. 7 -- Flesh of the God 2003: New York: Avon Bak investigates a smuggling operation in Lower Nubia. 8 -- A Path of Shadows 2003: New York: Avon "Murder in the Land of Wawat" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 165-181)
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| MacIntyre, F. Gwynplaine "The Weighing of the Heart" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 272-336) translations: Czech: "Vázení srdce" 2004: Velká Kniha Egyptskych Detektivek, ed. Mike Ashley: Knizní Klub (pp. 281-340) Khnemes the Medchay investigates the death of his employer, murdered after removing the body of an ancestor's murdered servant from its grave. |
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| Nelson, Ray Faraday Dogheaded Death 1989: San Francisco: Strawberry Hill Press 2000: Wildside Press A centurion of Emperor Nero's guard is sent to Alexandria to investigate the murder of a shipping magnate. |
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| Peters, Elizabeth (= Mertz,
Barbara) "The Locked Tomb Mystery" 1989: Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace: Berkley 1990: The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories - 1990, edited by Edward D. Hoch: Walker 1993: The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: London: Constable Robinson/New York: Carroll & Graf 1997: Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Barnes & Noble (= 1993, The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits) 2001: Into the Mummy's Tomb, ed. John Richard Stephens: Berkley 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 182-198)
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| Rademacher, Cay Mord im Tal der Könige [German: Death in the Valley of the Kings] 2001 During the reign of Merenptah, the scribe Rechmire is sent to solve a murder -- and finds himself dealing with more than just one. |
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| Reed, Mary & Mayer, Eric "Chosen of the Nile" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 337-357)
John the Eunuch Mystery 1999: Poison Pen Press John, Emperor Justinian's Lord Chamberlain investigates the murder of another official. An Egyptian brothel keeper knows more than he's willing to tell. "The Oracle of Amun" 2005: The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: London: Robinson The Greek historian Herodotus solves another crime. |
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| Roberts, John Maddox The Temple of the Muses 1999: New York: St. Martin's Press |
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| Robinson, Lynda S. "Death of a Place-Seeker"* 1997: Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman: Berkley "Disease-Demon"* Lord Meren Mystery 1999: Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, ed. Maxim Jakubowski: Headline Drinker Of Blood Lord Meren Mystery 5 Meren investigates the death of Nefertiti. Eater of Souls Lord Meren Mystery 4 Someone or something is committing grisly murders in Memphis. "Heretic's Dagger" Lord Meren Mystery 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Constable Robinson (pp. 199-227)
Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing Lord Meren Mystery 3 Is the murder of Meren's beautiful cousin-in-law connected with an undercover operation in which Meren is involved? Murder at the God's Gate Lord Meren Mystery 2
Murder in the Place of Anubis Lord Meren Mystery 1 Slayer of Gods Lord Meren Mystery 6 2001 |
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| Rylance, Francis B. Queen Nefertiti 1993 |
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| Saylor, Steve
The Venus Throw Roma Sub Rosa 5 1995: New York: St. Martin's
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| Smelik, Klaas Brief aan een Dode [Dutch] 1994 De Ibis en de Dood [Dutch] 1995 De tweede Dood [Dutch] 1992 |
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| Stewart, R. H.
"No-Name" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books
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| Taylor, Keith
"The Sorrow of Senusert the Mighty" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books (pp. 40-78)
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| Todd, Marilyn
"The Wings of Isis" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books (pp. 386-409)
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| Wassermann, Sabine
Der Zorn des Seth [German: The Anger of Seth] 2001: Eichborn A young physician, saved by the Princes Beket-Aton from execution because he carries a Seth-amulet, becomes involved with murders in the city of King Akhenaten. |
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| Weber, Patrick
Les diners de Cléopâtre [French: Cleopatra's Dinners] 2000: Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées Des ombres sur Alexandrie [French: Shadows over Alexandria] 1999: Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées Cleopatra has just given birth to Caesarion, son of Julius Caesar, and murder is afoot. Les sept papyrus [French: The Seven Papyri] Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées Because of an oracle, Cleopatra charges Apollonius the librarian with finding the seven ancient scrolls that will preserve her queenship. |
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| Wilder, Diana M. City of Refuge 2001: 1stBooks Library Police Commander Khonsu finds murder and betrayal among the abandoned ruins of Amarna. Pharaoh's Son 1999: 1stBooks Library The ultimate cause of why a colossal statue of the king topple onto a crowd of revelers lies entangled between the royal family and the priesthood of Ptah. |
| Aird, Catherine
Little Knell Inspector Sloan 2000: New York: St. Martin's Minotaur A museum, bequeathed an Egyptian coffin and mummy, gets more than it might have hoped for when the body of a young accountant is found in place of the mummy. What, if anything, might this have to do with the local drug smugglers? |
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| Allen, Conrad Murder on the Marmora George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield 5 2004: New York: St. Martin's Minotaur In 1908, a ship bound from England to Australia via Egypt is the site of theft and murder. Among the passengers is an Egyptologist transporting artifacts. |
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| Arnold, Alan
Young Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 1985 Novelization of the Steven Spielberg film, in which the young Holmes and Watson, now boys at an English boarding school, encounter an evil ancient Egyptian cult operating in London. |
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| Asensi, Matilde
El Ultimo Caton [Spanish] 2004: Random House Espańol
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| Asher, Michael Firebird A "ghoul" is stalking Old Cairo, and as the year 2000 approaches, it's up to a beautiful American agent and an Egyptian "sewer rat" from Aswan to solve the murders and track down a fundamentalist group thought dissolved a century before. The Eye of Ra 1999: London: HarperCollins An Egyptologist who believes that Egyptian civilization sprang from one much older, flees cruel Egyptian police and, among his Egyptian relations in the Western Desert, perhaps finds the tomb of Akhenaten. |
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| Bagnall-Stubbs, James The Order of Isis: a story of mystery and adventure in Egypt 1900: London: Skeffinigton & Son |
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| Baxt, George
The Bette Davis Murder Case Jacob Singer Murder 1994: New York: St. Martin's Press Actress Bette Davis and her neighbor, Agatha Mallowen (a.k.a. Agatha Christie) become entangled in the murder of an archaeologist, mummies new and old, and the curse of an Egyptian queen. |
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| Beck, K. K.
Murder in a Mummy Case 1987: New York: Walker & Co. In a California mansion, the maid turns up dead in a mummy case, and the mummy is missing. |
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| Bondurant, Matt
The Third Translation 2005: Hyperion An American Egyptologist estranged from his family struggles with the diagonal translation of the "crossword" from the Stela of Paser in the British Museum. This leads to even more bizarre entanglements, including conspiracies of space exploration. |
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| Brewer, Gil
Appointment in Cairo It Takes a Thief 3 1970: New York: Ace Burgler-cum-spy Al Mundy races Soviet and Chinese agents to find an ancient Egyptian formula for deadly nerve gas. Based on the TV show starring Robert Wagner. |
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| Brittain, William
"The Scarab Ring" 1973: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 18.5 (May) (pp. 62-69) Involves a ring that belonged to King Zoser. |
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| Buchanan, Edna
"Foolproof" 1997: The Plot Thickens, ed. Mary Higgins Clark: New York: Pocket The autopsy and fingerprinting of an ancient mummy brings shadows of doubt to modern crime-scene investigation. |
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| Carr, John Dickson (see also Dickson,
Carter) The Lost Gallows 1931: New York: Harper & Brothers 1947: New York: Pocket Among the warnings that El Moulk and his French mistress are marked for death, is an inscription from a royal tomb. |
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| Carter, Nicholas [pseudonymn/house
name] Nick Carter's Egyptian Clue, or, The Mystery of the Mummy's Head Nick Carter 1910: New York: New Magnet Library/Street & Smith Publications |
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| Christie, Agatha "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb" Hercule Poirot 1923: The Sketch (September) 1924: Blue Book Magazine (August) 1967: Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineVolume 50 No. 6/289 (December) Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie 1996: Murder Intercontinental, ed. Cynthia Manson & Kathleen Halligan: New York: Carroll & Graf, pp. 301-311 1999: Stories from Poirot Investigates: HarperCollins [audiobook read by David Suchet] 2001: Into the Mummy's Tomb, ed. John Richard Stephens: Berkley The Kidnapped Prime Minister and Other Stories: read by David Suchet [audio] [for other publication, see in Young Adult] Poirot investigates deaths associated with the excavation of a royal tomb. Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot 1936: London: The Crime Club/Collins A honeymoon cruise on the Nile turns deadly. |
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| Cook, Robin
Sphinx 1979: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (cover illus. Ron Walotsky) 1979: Overload and Sphinx: Reader's Digest Condensed Books (abridged)
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| Cussler, Clive Sahara Dirk Pitt 1992: New York: Simon & Schuster Dirk Pitt finds the remains of a royal funeral barge sunk in the Nile. Treasure Dirk Pitt 1988: New York: Simon & Schuster Dirk Pitt finds the contents of the library of Alexandria preserved in the frozen remains of an ancient ship. |
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| Deighton, Len
City of God 1992: HarperCollins Set during World War II. |
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| Dickson, Carter (= Carr,
John Dickson ) The Curse of the Bronze Lamp Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery 1945: New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1967: Berkeley Medallion When a woman given an ancient lamp by the Egyptian government vanishes, Sir Henry Merrivale must solve the mystery. Death in Five Boxes Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery 1938: New York: Morrow 1964: New York: Berkley Medallion 1982: New York: Bantam Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters seeks for clues to a murder. Includes Egyptian mummies. |
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| Douglas, Carole Nelson Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt Midnight Louie 9 1998: New York: Forge The cat-detective sees a body float out of a Las Vegas hotel pool where mock Egyptian barges are doing battle. |
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| Egbert, H. M.
My Lady of the Nile 1921: Argosy-Allstory (4-part serial) |
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| Elkins, Aaron
Dead Men's Hearts |
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| Ellis, Kate
"Bringing the Foot" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books (pp. 410-431)
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| Fairstein, Linda
The Bone Vault 2003: New York: Scribner The body of a researcher turns up in an Egyptian sarcophagus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, leading to an investigation of the secrets of the New York museum scene. |
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| Fasman, Jon
The Geographer's Library 2004 A Connecticut reporter, investigating a murder, uncovers that several items from an alchemist's lab, stolen and scattered centuries ago, are being sought by an unknown party. Among the objects is an alembic made in Graeco-Roman Egypt. |
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| Fowler, Christopher
The Water Room Bryant and May 2 2005: New York: Bantam Two curmudgeonly detectives' search for answers to a woman's death leads to, among other things, collectors of Egyptian antiquities. |
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| Freeman, R. Austin
The Eye of Osiris: a detective romance 1911 No Date: London: Hodder & Stoughton 1929: Scribners 1929: New York: Dodd, Mead 1970: Bath: Lythway 1986 1989: Oxford: Oxford University Press The disappearance of a prominent Egyptologist -- who left clues in his wake -- leads to a search for a man tattooed with the Eye of Osiris. |
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| Gerritsen, Tess JANE RIZZOLI & MAURA ISLES 7 -- The Keepsake NEW 12/08 2008: New York: Random House A modern corpse disguised as an Egyptian mummy is only the first of several archaeological- and ethnographic-inspired murder "trophies." | |
| Greenan, Russell H. The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton 1973: New York: Random House Algernon is the great-grandson of an Egyptologist and owns a talking urn. |
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| Gruber, Frank
Bridge of Sand 1963: New York: E. P. Dutton Archaeological excavation, altered identity, religion, and revenge. |
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| Heath, Eric
Murder in the Museum 1939: New York: Hillman-Curl A millionaire is murdered among his mummies. |
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| Hess, Joan CLAIRE MALLOY MYSTERY Mummy Dearest 2008: Minotaur A honeymoon in Egypt turns into an unwelcome adventure for Claire, her new husband, and her teen-age daughter. |
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| Hill, Headon
The Man from Egypt 1917: London: Ward, Lock & Co. Detective novel involving a mummy. |
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| Hymers, John
Utter Death undated (c. 1948): The Thriller Book Club A murder is commited at the ancient temple of Mansiut. |
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| Jakeman, Jane
The Egyptian Coffin 1997: London: Headline |
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| Kabal, A. M.
The Adversary 1988: London: Sphere From a Coptic monastery in the Egyptian desert comes the greatest archaeological find in history. |
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| Lange, John (= Crichton, Michael) Easy Go (= The Last Tomb) 1974: New York: Bantam (as The Last Tomb) 1975: Pyramid (as The Last Tomb) Five men search for gold treasure. |
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| Levin, Lee
King Tut's Private Eye 1996: New York: St. Martin's
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| Kingsbury, Hunt The Moses Riddle Thomas McAllister, Treasure Hunter 2004: Bimini Road An ancient scroll reveals that Moses returned to Egypt after the Exodus, and this leads an Egyptologist and his Mayanologist partner to a secret coveted by governments and religious factions. |
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| Kotzwinkle, William The Game of Thirty 1994: New York: Houghton Mifflin The gruesome murder and disembowlment of an antiques dealer is tied to an ancient Egyptian game. The Midnight Examiner 1989: Black Swan Newspaper reporters become embroiled with (among others who including the Mafia and a voodoo priestess) an Egyptian tomb robber. |
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| Langley, Lee Osiris Died in Autumn 1964: New York: Doubleday/Crime Club |
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| Lanza, Clara & Harvey, J. C. Scarabaeus: the story of an African beetle 1892: New York: Lovell An ancient ring holds clues to treasure. |
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| Linscott, Gillian
"Heart Scarab" 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books (pp. 466-486)
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| Livesay, Ann
The Isis Command 1998: Silver River |
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| Long, Amelia Reynolds Death Wears A Scarab 1946: Quality |
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| Lorimer, George Horace The False Gods 1906: New York: D. Appleton & Co. (cover illus. J. C. Leyendecker) 1906: Saturday Evening Post (September) (excerpt?) (cover illus. J. C. Leyendecker) In Boston, a reporter infiltrates a cult known as "the Royal Society of Egyptian Exploration and Research," associated with Madame Blavatsky. Based on the Theosophy movement. |
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| MacDonald, Marianne
DIDO HOARE 2 -- Ghost Walk 1998 An antiquarian bookdealer (and single mother) becomes involved with the estate of a man who was a code-breaker during World War II and some particularly important ancient gnostic gospels. Sequel to Death Walk. |
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| Malarkey, Tucker
Resurrection 2006: Riverhead After the end of World War II, a woman investigates the death of her father, who died in Cairo. Involves the Nag Hammadi texts. |
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| Mann, Jessica
Death Beyond the Nile Tamara Hoyland 1988: New York: St. Martin's Press 1988: London: MacMillan The British government sends their undercover agent Tamara Hoyland on an archaeological tour of Egypt, fast on the heels of a scientist who could destroy the world -- or save it. |
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| Mason, Van Wyck
The Cairo Garter Murders 1938: Garden City, New York: Crime Club/Doubleday 1939: New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1939: Chicago: Century 1941: New York: Reynal and Hitchcock |
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| McBain, Ed
Where There's Smoke Ben Smoke Theft of bodies from a funeral home leads private eye Ben Smoke to a kinky lady and ancient Egyptian rites. |
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| McKinley, F. Burks Death Sails the Nile 1933: Boston: Stratford Co. |
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| McLeave, Hugh
The Bent Pyramid eNovel An alcoholic Egyptologist is ordered to track down a horde of jewelery for which a collector and his Nubian lover were murdered. |
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| Meade, Glenn
Sands of Sakkara 1999: St. Martin's Press Lt. Col. Weaver must thwart plans to murder Roosevelt and Churchill in Cairo; Egyptologist Rachel Stern must balance love and duty. |
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| Meredith, D. R.
"Mummy No. 50" 1990: Mummy Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg: New York: Ballantine (pp. 199-205) A life-size diorama of an Egyptian embalmer's workshop is scheduled for a Texas museum, with consequences. |
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| Michaels, Barbara (= Mertz,
Barbara) Search the Shadows 1987: Atheneum In searching for answers to mysteries about her parents, a woman is led to Egyptology and a murderer. |
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| Minahan, John
Great Pyramid Robbery 1987: New York: Norton While investigating the $8 million robbery of an armored car company, Rawlings trails one suspect to Egypt, and into the pyramid of King Cheops, where he finds an immense treasure and the king's own mummy. |
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| Moorhouse, Hopkins (= Moorhouse,
Arthur Herbert Joseph) The Golden Scarab Addison Kent 1926: London: Hodder & Stoughton No Date (1926): Toronto: Musson Set in New York. |
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| Morrah, Dermot
The Mummy Case Mystery 1933: Harper & Brothers |
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| Mundy, Talbot (= Gribbon, William
Lancaster) The Mystery of Khufu's Real Tomb Jimgrim 1922: Adventure: 10 October 1933: London: Hutchinson (as The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb) 1935: Ace Crime Club (as The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb) The search for the king's tomb. |
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| O'Brine, Manning
Dagger Before Me Thriller Book Club In his search for a missing war criminal, an ex-Secret Service agent encounters, among other things, the corpse of an American diplomat in an Egyptian tomb. |
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| O'Grady, Anne
The Ibis Seal 1975: London: Peter Davies 1976: London: Corgi Egyptian artifacts are found in Queensland, Australia. An excavation at the site turns into a treasure hunt and murder. Inspired by "evidence" presented by explorer Michael Terry. |
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| O'Hehir, Diana CARLA DAY 1 -- Murder Never Forgets 2005: Berkley Carla's elderly Egyptologist father, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, claims to have witnessed a murder in the assisted living facility. 2 -- Erased from Memory 2006: Berkley When her father is accused of murder, Carla Day investigates. |
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| Paul, Elliot
Hugger-Mugger in the Louvre Homer Evans Mystery 1940: New York: Random House 1940: New York: Ballantine 1942: New York: Pocket 1949: London: Nicholson & Watson 1962: New York: Ballantine 1986: New York: Dover |
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| Pearce, Michael
"Made in Egypt" Mamur Zapt mystery 2002: The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley: New York: Carroll & Graf; London: Robinson Books (pp. 432-465)
Mamur Zapt and the Face in the Cemetery Mamur Zapt Mystery 14 2002: London: HarperCollins A human corpse is found among cat mummies. Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt Mamur Zapt mystery 1995: Mysterious Press 2003: Poison Pen Press As the wife of an American presidential candidate visits Egypt and expresses unusual interest in some mummified crocodiles, the head of the Cairo Secret Police struggles with would-be assassins and antiquities thieves. |
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| Pendleton, Don (house name; =
Somheil, Tim) Terror Intent The Executioner/Mack Bolan 219 1997: New York: Harlequin An extremist group claims responsbility for the suicide-bombing deaths of tourists in Egypt. Bolan is authorized to hunt them down. |
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| Peters, Elizabeth
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Barbara) AMELIA PEABODY 1 -- Crocodile on the Sandbank 1990 1992: New York: Warner 1993: Amelia Peabody Inc.: New York: Barnes and Noble It's 1884, and Amelia, having acquired an inheritance, sets off for Egypt with a traveling companion, encountering kidnapping, accidents, mysterious visitors, and a handsome Egyptologist. 2 -- The Curse of the Pharaohs 1991 1992: New York: Warner 1993: Amelia Peabody Inc.: New York: Barnes and Noble It's 1890, and Amelia returns to Egypt upon the death of Sir Henry Baskerville, the victim of an ancient pharaonic curse -- or is it just old-fashioned murder? 3 -- The Mummy Case 1985 1993: Amelia Peabody Inc.: New York: Barnes and Noble Amid religious strife in a small village, Amelia and her husband -- and their four-year-old son -- investigate the murder of an antiquities dealer. 4 -- Lion in the Valley A murder and an opium addict in Cairo, and excavation at the Middle Kingdom pyramids at Dashoor. 5 -- The Deeds of the Disturber 1988: New York: Atheneum 1989: New York: Warner 1989: Mysterious Press 1999: New York: Morrow/Avon 2001: London: Constable Robinson When a guard is found dead beside a mummy case, a curse is the first suspect, but Amelia has other ideas. 6 -- The Last Camel Died at Noon 1991: New York: Warner A city lost in the Sudan is found. 7 -- The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog 1992 A search for Nefertiti's tomb, an attempt to recover Emerson's lost memory, and an attempt to keep hidden the hidden city discovered in The Last Camel Died at Noon. 8 -- Hippopotamus Pool 1997 Amelia and the family find the tomb of Tetisheri. Can they properly excavate the tomb before the tomb-robbers have their way? 9 -- Seeing a Large Cat 2000 The Emersons become embroiled with the daughter of an American army officer and an ancient tomb with a modern mummy. 10 -- The Ape Who Guards the Balance 1998: New York: Avon It's 1907, and Amelia is nearly kidnapped at a suffragist rally. What connection could there be with the horrible murders that seem to follow them in Egypt? 11 -- The Falcon at the Portal 1999: London: Robinson It's 1911, and the Egyptian husband of Amelia's niece is accused of selling forged antiquities and is suspected of participating in the growing Egyptian nationalist movement. 12 -- He Shall Thunder in the Sky 2000: New York: Morrow Amelia and the family must contend with the outbreak of World War I and Egyptian nationalists. 13 -- Lord of the Silent 2001: New York: Morrow/Avon Tomb robberies have become a terrible problem again -- could it possibly be the work of their allegedly belated old arch-foe, Sethos? 14 -- The Golden One 2002 As if the murder of a tomb robber weren't enough, the Peabody family must also contend with the encroachment of the Great War upon Gaza. 15 -- The Children of the Storm 2003: New York William Morrow & Co The Great War might be over, but a theft of antiquities and the appearance of a mysterious woman wearing a veil and crown of a goddess suggest that all is not at peace for the Emersons in Luxor. 16 -- Guardian of the Horizon 2004: New York: William Morrow 17 -- Serpent on the Crown 2005: New York: William Morrow 18 -- Tomb of the Golden Bird 2006: William Morrow & Co. Amelia and Emerson vie with Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to discover the tomb of Tutankhamun. But Amelia and her family face additional complications when a mysterious someone goes missing. The Jackal's Head 1968: New York: Meredith Press 1968: Roslyn, New York: Detective Book Club 1968: Maigret's Pickpocket; The Jackal's Head; Murder Most Fouled Up, Georges Simenon; Elizabeth Peters; Tobias Wells: Roslyn, New York: Detective Book Club 1970: New York: Dell 1988: New York: Morrow/Avon 1988: New York: Tor 2000: Center Point Large Print (large print) Shivers Sound Library (audio) Althea Tomlinson tries to clear the name of her father, who was driven to suicide on account of a scandal involving the Luxor Institute -- and the lost tomb of Nefertiti. VICKY BLISS 5 -- Night Train to Memphis 1995 Art historian Vicky Bliss is enlisted to participate in a sting operation on a Nile cruise. 6 -- Laughter of Dead Kings NEW 12/08 2008 Vicky's lover is accused of stealing the mummy of King Tut. |
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| Phillips, Arthur
The Egyptologist forthcoming: New York: Random House (originally announced as The Empty Chamber) A murder in 1920s Egypt. There seem to be advanced reading copies under the alternate title. |
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| Preston, Douglas & Child, Lincoln
The Book of the Dead 2006 A framed FBI agent, his demented, homicidal brother, the theft of the gemstone collection from a New York museum, and the newly-reopened (and possibly cursed) tomb of Senef. Sequel to Dance of Death. |
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| Richards, Kel Death in Egypt G. K. Chesterton Mystery 1996: Lane Cove, New South Wales: Australia Beacon Communications In 1919 detective writer G.K. Chesterton investigates the case of a fresh, murdered corpse found inside a sarcophagus sealed centuries ago. Set at Deir el-Bahri. Murder in the Mummy's Tomb G. K. Chesterton 2002: Tulsa, Oklahoma: RiverOak Publishing |
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| Robertson, Aleck
"Tracked to Egypt" 1897: The Old Log Cabin 438 (August 4) |
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| Satterthwait, Walter The Hanged Man Joshua Croft mystery Private eye Joshua Croft must investigate the murder, apparently regarding a fifteenth-century tarot card, of a New Age healer reputed to be a reincarnated pharaoh. |
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| Slade, Michael
(= Clarke, Jay & Clarke, Rebecca) Death's Door 2001: Toronto: Viking Penguin 2001: New York: Penguin 2002: New York: Signet 2002: New American Library/Onyx Chief Superintendent DeClerq of the Canadian Mounted Police gets entangled with shootings, a porn king and his renegade plastic surgeon -- and the smuggling of a mummy into Vancouver. |
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| Starnes, John Scarab 1982: Ottawa: Balmuir Spy novel. Sequel to Deep Sleepers. |
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| Stephens, Ricardo
The Mummy 1912 A string of murders follows a mummy imported to England. |
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| Styron, Arthur H.
"The White Oleander" 1931: Popular Fiction Magazine 2.3 (November), pp. 97-110 Arabs are dying in the Memphis tombs, and a wife is cheating on her husband with a young archaeologist who likewise turns up dead. Is it really just a case of accidental "mon-oxide" poisoning? |
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| Sussman, Paul
The Last Secret of the Temple 2007: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press The police inspector of Luxor must team up with an Israeli detective and a woman Palestinian journalist to find an artifact from the ancient Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Lost Army of Cambyses 2002: Bantam A mutilated corpse floating in the Nile and the deaths of an antiquities dealer and an archaeologist lead an Egyptian detective to a search for an ancient army dispatched to destroy the oracle at the Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert. |
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| Templeton, Aline
Shades of Death 2001: London: Hodder & Stoughton 2002: New York: St. Martin's/Minotaur The discovery of a girl's skeleton, left for 18 years in a Derbyshire cave, reveals -- and revives -- an old "Egyptian game" children used to play. |
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| Thomas, Frank
THE MEMOIRS OF JOHNN H. WATSON, M.D. (Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword 1980 The reappearance, then disappearance, of the sword of the prophet Mohammed puts Hollmes and Watson on a trail of a false prophet, that leads them from Berlin and Venice to the Valley of the Kings. |
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| Trow, M. J. Lestrade and the Guardian Angel Sherlock Holmes/Lestrade mystery 8 1999: Regnery Scotland Yard's Sholto Lestrade must investigate a series of murders in which the victims have an ornament wedged into their mouths, including an Egyptologist with a scarab. Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus* Sherlock Holmes/Lestrade 1995: London: Constable In Egypt, Lestrade investigates the deaths of those involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. |
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| Upton, David
The Lost Holmes Sherlock Holmes 2003: Park Publishing Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of a noted Egyptologist. |
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| Van Dine, S. S.
The Scarab Murder Case 1930: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons |
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| Vandenberg, Philipp
Das Pharao-Komplott [German, The Pharaoh Conspiracy] 1990: Luebbe Omar Moussa searches for the tomb of Imhotep, architect of the Step Pyramid. |
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| Wade, Henry "The Missing Undergraduate" NEW 2/09 1933: Policeman's Lot by Henry Wade 1968: Seven Great Detective Stories, ed. William H. Larson: Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman An eccentric history lecturer with an interest in ancient Egypt comes under suspicion when an Oxford undergraduate goes missing. | |
| Whittemore, Edward
Nile Shadows 1983 As Rommel's Afrika Corps rumbles towards Egypt, Joe O'Sullivan Beare investigates the death of a morphine-addict and smuggler, encountering, among others, a black archaeologist who lives in a cork-line sarcophagus. |
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| Williamson, C.N. & Williamson, A.M. It Happened in Egypt 1914: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. (dust jacket ill. Frank Bittner) 1914: Toronto: Musson Book Co. Arrangements made by a group of Englishmen to enter a hidden tomb go awry. |
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| Wood, Barbara
Hounds and Jackals 1978 An ancient ivory game piece is the key to Lydia's search for her missing sister. |
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| Yardley, James
Kiss the Boys and Make Them Die Kiss Darling 1970: London: Michael Joseph 1970: New York: Signet 1972: London: Pan With her computer-enhanced intelligence, a virginal secret agent tackles bedouins, bellydancers, assassins, the flooding Nile, and more, in her investigation of an ancient Egyptian jewelry market used to finance a world-wide terror plot. |
Ancient Egypt in Fiction
Introduction
What the AEF is and how to help.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List Introduction
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List A-F
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List G-L
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List M-R
Ancient Egypt in Fiction
Author List S-Z
The Author Lists are complete listings of every novel and story in
the bibliography, alphabetically by author, with links to each work in
the category pages.
Category and Sub-Category Index
Ancient Egypt in Fiction for
Young Adults
Princes, princesses, peasants; mummies, magic cats, and young
archaeologists.
Stories published for middle-grade and young adult readers, but people
of most any age will find something they like here.
Ancient Egypt in Science Fiction
& Fantasy
From time travel to sword & sorcery, from aliens to alternate
history,
and everything in between.
Ancient Egypt in Historical
& Mainstream Fiction
The Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and Napoleon, too: scholarly
research
optional but magic checked at the door.
Ancient Egypt in Biblical Fiction
From Joseph to the Flight into Egypt.
Ancient
Egypt in Romances & Erotica
Obstacles to true love, and the means to overcome them -- by willpower
or a little bit of magic -- are older than the pyramids! (Some titles
are
suitable for adults only.)
Ancient
Egypt in Fiction for
Children
Picture books and easy readers for budding Egyptophiles.
Ancient
Egypt -- Miscellaneous Fiction
All those things that belong elsewhere on the list -- or might belong
off the list altogether.