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"""...a delightful story of suspense and romance.."" - Bob Doerr, the Military Writers Society of America. Egypt, 1942. War rages in the Western Desert. As a series of murders and tomb robberies plague the British Army, ruthless and daring Major Desmond Frost is called to investigate. His path leads him straight into the arms of fiery young American woman Eve, who captures his heart as he unlocks a mystery surrounding tomb raids, an ancient haunted dagger, and a renegade German Afrika Korps ranger. The darkness pits him against a Nazi spree killer and ""Commando Group Sphinx,"" elite Special Forces troopers gone rogue."

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...a delightful story of suspense and romance.. - Bob Doerr, the Military Writers Society of America.

Author Zita Steele has given us a delightful story of suspense and romance in her book, The Hidden Sphinx, A Tale of World War II Egypt. Steele sets the story in and around Cairo during the early part of the war, and effectively weaves into her book the ancient history and landmarks of the region. The story's two protagonists meet in Cairo: Major Frost, the no-nonsense British Army investigator, and Eve Weathers, an American journalist. The two work together to find the murderer of a British officer. The trail leads them throughout the Egyptian desert, in and out of several ruins, and has them on a hunt, not only for the murderer, but also for a cursed, ancient embalming knife. Their chase takes them into conflict with German soldiers, various tomb raiders, and deserters from both sides of the conflict. With wisps of the super-natural always dancing around the edges of the story, Eve and Frost still find time to fall in love. The question is, will either survive to the end of the story? I recommend this book. - Bob Doerr, the Military Writers Society of America.

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"Zita Ballinger Fletcher (also known by the pen name Zita Steele) is an award-winning author, journalist and military history writer. She writes fiction and nonfiction books, and has published more than 10 works. With a background in art, she designs and illustrates her published work. She also produces videos and creates multimedia content. She won awards for two of her books in both fiction and nonfiction categories: a Silver Medal for History for ""Bernard Montgomery's Art of War,"" and a Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction for ""The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt,"" by the Military Writers Society of America in 2020. Her December 2019 military history article on Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (""Monty Crosses the Rhine"") won a 2nd Place award in the National Federation of Press Women's 2020 nationwide writing contest. Her areas of interest include World War II British and Commonwealth history and German Resistance. Zita Ballinger Fletcher (also known by the pen name Zita Steele) is an award-winning author, journalist and military history writer. She writes fiction and nonfiction books, and has published more than 10 works. With a background in art, she designs and illustrates her published work. She also produces videos and creates multimedia content. She won awards for two of her books in both fiction and nonfiction categories: a Silver Medal for History for ""Bernard Montgomery's Art of War,"" and a Bronze Medal for Historical Fiction for ""The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt,"" by the Military Writers Society of America in 2020. Her December 2019 military history article on Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (""Monty Crosses the Rhine"") won a 2nd Place award in the National Federation of Press Women's 2020 nationwide writing contest. Her areas of interest include World War II British and Commonwealth history and German Resistance."

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