Author: Agatha Christie Year: 1944 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Classic, Thriller, Detective Culture: Egypt
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ISBNs: 9780312981617 9780062074133 0312981619 006207413X |
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In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...
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