A young woman is lured to Egypt to try to uncover the truth of her father’s disgrace and death ten years earlier. Along the way she discovers a plot to loot an undiscovered tomb of a Pharaoh.

This Elizabeth Peters mystery was extremely disappointing. It was painfully predictable, and full of nothing but unlikeable and annoying characters. ( )

This romantic suspense title was a reread for me. I likely read this one more than 40 years ago. Since I saw it as an Audible Plus title, I decided to listen to it this time.

Althea Tomlinson grew up in Egypt where her father was an archaeologist. She left when she was fifteen and her father died in an accident shortly afterwards. But when a letter comes from an Egyptian who worked with her father, she feels she needs to go back and find some answers and get some closure.

Not having the funds to travel on her own, she eagerly takes the job of chaperoning a spoiled teenager who is on her way to Egypt to rendezvous with her father who is a wealthy collector of antiquities. Her attempts to remain incognito are ruined when she meets a couple of her father's colleagues - men she blames for her father's disgrace - and finds herself moving in with them after an attack.

There is a hidden tomb, antiquities thieves, and a growing romance. The story was told through Tommy's voice and viewpoint. I was reminded a lot of the author's Amelia Peabody series but mainly I think because of the character of one of the archaeologists. Of course the setting is the same though this is a contemporary story rather than historical fiction.

It was an entertaining story to listen to. It was also a pleasure to revisit the story after such a long time. I enjoyed it this time too. ( )

In a lot of ways, this book reads like a primer for the later Vickie Bliss novels. ( )

Very early in her career, hey later books have more compelling female characters. ( )

2.5 stars. There was way too much description that I could not follow - I found myself skimming over sections. ( )