Seeing a Large Cat

By Elizabeth Peters

Subjects: Peabody, amelia (fictitious character), fiction, Egypt, fiction, Fiction, historical, Women archaeologists, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Women detectives, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Women archaeologists, Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Mystery fiction, Excavations (Archaeology)

Description: The year is 1903. The place is Cairo. And preparing to tackle an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings, the intrepid Amelia Peabody dreams of a large cat, an Egyptian sign of good luck. In fact, an ominous message warning "Stay away from tomb Twenty-A" only intrigues her. But Amelia soon acquires a fearful headache when teenage son, Ramses, and her beautiful ward, Nefret, sneak about to help a pretty American who thinks she's being stalked. And when tomb Twenty-A yields a mummy wearing silk undies, Amelia finds herself in a labyrinth of macabre murder, passion, and cruel deceit. Now she needs the cat's good luck and more: feline stealth, a nose for something rotten, and nine lives -- or her next dig may be her own grave...