Men actually enjoy this sort of thing! So do I, if truth be told, but only when I am allowed to take an active part. [p. 383]
Egypt in 1917, under the shadow of the Great War. In Luxor, Amelia and Emerson encounter Joe Albion, a wealthy American collector who is perfectly happy to purchase antiquities on the black market. Their former employee Jamil may be dealing with Albion, and certainly seems to know the location of a secret, unexcavated tomb... Meanwhile, Ramses has been tasked with a mission to Gaza to investigate a possible double agent. Could it be Sethos? And is the mission actually as straightforward as it seems? (These are rhetorical questions.)
Plenty of swashbuckling here, plus a thrilling expedition across the desert in a T Model Ford Light, some inventive disguises, and vignettes of the ways in which the war has affected the Middle East, including the opportunities it has afforded women. An enjoyable and well-paced read.
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