Hieroglyphs and Homicide

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Step into the sultry heat of 1920s Egypt where ancient secrets hide beneath the shadow of the Great Pyramid.</strong></h4><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dr. Clarissa Bell came to Giza to prove herself a serious archaeologist</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> not to sort pottery while her male colleagues claim the glory.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when she discovers a mysterious scribe's palette </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>stained with rare blue pigment she uncovers more than just an artifact-she stumbles into a deadly conspiracy.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Armed with nothing but her Cambridge education an alarming tendency toward sarcasm </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and a talent for finding trouble in supposedly empty tombs Clarissa navigates a world where British imperial power meets ancient Egyptian mysteries taking her from the bustling streets of Cairo to the steaming bathhouse and glittering auction houses of the colonial elite.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And what about the enigmatic Benedict Quinn? </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Charming mysterious and far too handsome for her peace of mind. Her carefully ordered world is beginning to crumble like ancient limestone.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when professors pack pistols and black market dealers have government connections</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the only thing Clarissa can trust is her own sharp wit-and her ability to sort pottery under pressure.</span></p><p></p>