The witty, indefatigable Amelia Peabody--now married to the woman-hating archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson-eludes the villains and solves three murders in this adventure set among the archaeological digs in the Valley of the Kings
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When Lady Baskerville's husband Sir Henry dies after discovering what may have been an undisturbed royal tomb in Luxor, she appeals to eminent archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife Amelia to take over the excavation. Amid rumours of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, the intrepid couple proceeds to Egypt.
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