Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander

In a brilliant homage to Agatha Christie, critically acclaimed author
Tasha Alexander sends Lady Emily to Egypt during British colonial rule
to investigate a crime that leads back to the era of the Pharaohs.
In Secrets of the Nile, Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have
joined his formidable mother on a holiday to visit the exotic treasures of Egypt.
Their host, Lord Bertram Deeley, is a renowned amateur British collector of
antiquities, who has invited his closest friends on a lavish cruise up the Nile to
his home at Luxor. But on the first night of their journey, he suddenly collapses
after offering a welcome toast, a victim of the lethal poison cyanide. Who
amongst this group of his nearest and dearestwould want to kill their generous
host?
Emily and Colin's investigation soon reveals that even his closest friends had
reasons to want him dead: was it the archeologist whose dig Deeley was
poised to fund until he suddenly withdrew support? The powerful politician
whose career Deeley had secretly destroyed? The dyspeptic aristocratic
English spinster whose hired travelling companion seems determined to
protect her employer? Or could it be Mrs. Hargreaves herself, who may have
spurned the advances of Lord Deeley when they wereboth younger?
A key clue may lie with several ancient ushabtis, exquisite three-thousandyear-old sculptures that played a role in a hidden story from the time of
Ancient Egypt, one of a sister's unshakeable loyalty to her brother, a tale of
betrayal and revenge. In an unforgettable finale, Emily and Colin gather their
fellow travelers together to (...)

TASHA ALEXANDER is the author of theNew York Times bestselling Lady
Emily mystery series. The daughter of two philosophy professors, she studied
English literature and medieval history at the University of Notre Dame. She
and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, live on a ranch in southeastern
Wyoming.

Minotaur
On Sale: Oct 3/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 320 pages
9781250819710 • $24.00 • pb
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Series: Lady Emily Mysteries