It’s the winter of 1929, and Lady Lucy Revelstoke and her pickpocket-turned-maid, Elf, are back in the third installment of The Merry Widow Murders — this time voyaging to Egypt. Lucy is particularly interested in the ancient sites, and Elf — well, Elf is keen to find out how the tomb raiders mastered their trade!The voyage should be a treat, as two rival teams of archeologists will give lectures while on route to their digs. Old-school Doctor Phineas King and his daughter, Isla, make up one team, while the other’s led by flamboyant, privately funded American adventurer Anton Margolis. Both teams seek to discover a prized tomb, despite local whispers of a curse that befalls upon all those who dare to disturb the pharaoh’s grave.Soon, an archeologist drops dead at a cocktail party. Is this the work of the pharaoh’s curse, or someone with a personal motive? As accusations of antiquity smuggling come to light and a distraught clairvoyant predicts more violence, Lucy and Elf race to find the fiendish murderer before they strike again.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Melodie Campbell
EAN: 9781770868274
COUNTRY: Canada
PAGES: 270
WEIGHT: 200 g
HEIGHT: 216 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Cormorant Books,Canada
DATE PUBLISHED: 2026-04-11
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GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
WIDTH: 140 mm
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Book Themes:
North Atlantic, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Historical crime and mysteries, Comic (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Called the “Queen of Comedy" by the Toronto Sun, Melodie Campbell was also named the “Canadian literary heir to Donald Westlake” by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Winner of ten awards, including The Derringer (US) and the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, she has multiple bestsellers, and was featured in USA Today. Her publications include over one hundred comedy credits, seventeen novels and sixty short stories, but she’s best known for The Goddaughter mob caper series. Campbell lives in Burlington, Ontario.