Murder at Kom Ombo

THE PROFESSOR<p> Dr. Jamie Madison- very beautiful very brilliant and very very rich- but once out of her comfort zone is she a match for the charismatic Inspector Al Saladan? <p> THE INSPECTOR<p> Henri- shrewd and capable he's called upon to investigate the brutal murder of an American tourist...but he hasn't bargained on falling in love with the headstrong professor Madison....<p> ...and a supporting cast of characters with questionable pasts<p> - and mysterious presents:<p> ...handsome Richard Whitsome an aging Lothario who meets his gruesome end at the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo. His wife Marion has always bailed him out of his peccadilloes- until now....<p> ....the David Nivenish Sam and his glib wife Liz- and their secrets.... <p> ....the Santa Barbara socialites- are they hiding behind a fa��ade or just plain weird? <p> ....the old woman- at eighty she chain smokes guzzles whiskey- and packs a pistol....<p> ....young fragile hauntingly beautiful Tamara- why did she leave the Church? <p> ....a good American blue collar couple with violence in their past and uncertainty in their present....<p> ....all meet in the searing heat of Egypt in a murder mystery that tests young Jaime Madison's faith in her emotional self her newfound friends and the meaning of truth itself.