In this latest Amelia Peabody mystery there's more trouble
in store for our intrepid Egyptologist. This time it is of a
distinctly personal nature.
Her niece's new, Egyptian, husband stands accused of forging
priceless antiquities. Is he guilty, or merely the fall guy for some
unscrupulous villain? Meanwhile, matters are complicated by the
arrival of Amelia's detestable nephew who begins an ardently amorous
pursuit of her son's wife, Nefret...