Elizabeth Peters is best known for her popular Amelia Peabody series, which is made up of mysteries set at the turn of the century and centering around a family of Egyptologists. Her real name is Barbara Mertz, a real-life, well respected archaeologist. This book is the newest addition in a series, which centers around Vicky Bliss, a modern American girl who is tall, blond, blue eyed and beautiful, a set of traits she rues because it tends to make people thinks she is simple even as she is a specialist in Medieval art and is quite bright.

She is an assistant curator at the National Museum in Munich. The story kicks off when she and the love of her life John, a former artifact thief, are contacted by a good friend, who is the Inspector of Antiquities for all Upper Egypt. King Tut's mummy has disappeared. With John's backgroun, he quickly becomes the main suspect, which encourages the two of them to head down to Egypt to solve the mystery and clear John's name.

The story moves quickly and gives the reader a chance to visit a number of important sites in Egypt as the team of unexpected sleuths work to recover one of Egypts most important treasures. One quirky twist in the novel is that Vicky getst to meet a woman who has built her writing career on a series of diaries by a turn of the century family of Egyptologists. Sound familiar. Yep, the allusion is that Vicky has met Elizabeth Peters and a woman who is the granddaughter of some of the characters in the Amelia Peabody books. This is a nice addition to the series, which hasn't had a new addition since 1994. It was a thoroughly fun read.