An edition of The Laughter of Dead Kings (2008)

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An edition of The Laughter of Dead Kings (2008)

The laughter of dead kings

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In Munich, where Vicky is an assistant curator at the city's National Museum, she and her longtime love, John Tregarth (formerly Sir John Smythe, notorious art thief), are shocked when their friend Feisal, the Inspector of Antiquities for all Upper Egypt, arrives unexpectedly and informs them that King Tut's mummy has been stolen from its tomb in the Valley of the Kings and that John is the prime suspect. Vicky and company, including her inquisitive boss, set off on a whirlwind quest beginning in Europe and ending in the Egyptian desert to clear John's name and recover the famous corpse.

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Constable
Language
English
Pages
340

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The laughter of dead kings
2009, Robinson
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The laughter of dead kings
2008, Constable
in English
Cover of: The Laughter of Dead Kings
The Laughter of Dead Kings
2008, William Morrow & Co.
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The laughter of dead kings
2008, William Morrow
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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Series
A Vicky Bliss murder mystery, Vicky Bliss murder mystery

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.E747

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 340 pages
Number of pages
340

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32115821M
Internet Archive
laughterofdeadki0000pete
ISBN 10
1845297083
ISBN 13
9781845297084
OCLC/WorldCat
190777593
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work Description

For the first time in more than a decade, New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters brings beautiful, brainy Vicky Bliss back into the spotlight for one last investigation. But this time the peerless art historian and sleuth will be detecting in Amelia Peabody territory, searching for solutions to more than one heinous offense in the ever-shifting sands of Egypt's mysterious Valley of the Kings. Who stole one of Egypt's most priceless treasures? That is the question that haunts the authorities after a distinguished British gentleman with an upper-crust accent cons his way past a security guard and escapes into the desert carrying a world-famous, one-of-a-kind historic relic. But the Egyptian authorities and Interpol believe they know the identity of the culprit. The brazen crime bears all the earmarks of the work of one “Sir John Smythe,” the suave and dangerously charming international art thief who is, in fact, John Tregarth, the longtime significant other of Vicky Bliss. But John swears he is retired—not to mention innocent—and he vows to clear his name by hunting down the true criminal. Vicky's faith in her man's integrity leaves her no choice but to take a hiatus from her position at a leading Munich museum and set out for the Middle East. Vicky's employer, the eminent Herr Doktor Anton Z. Schmidt, rotund gourmand and insatiable adventurer, decides to join the entourage. But dark days and myriad dangers await them in this land of intriguing antiquity. Each uncovered clue seems to raise even more questions for the intrepid Vicky—the most troubling being, Where is John going during his increasingly frequent and unexplained absences? And the stakes are elevated considerably when a ransom note arrives accompanied by a grisly memento intended to speed up negotiations—because now it appears that murder most foul has been added to the equation.

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