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When wealthy Colonel Delamere dies after a botched burglary it's up to Eric Ward to manage his estate--and catch the killers. But the Colonel's will contains perplexing instructions for the disposal of an ancient Egyptian statuette, first discovered by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. The artefact was supposed to be handed to the Foreign Office -- but it was stolen by the burglars. The allegedly cursed statuette could change the course of the entire Middle East. Eric simply wants to carry out his friend's last wishes. But along the way he runs up against an Israeli secret agent, the Foreign Office, and various dangerous factions--who all want the ancient artefact ...

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"""Good on atmosphere."" -- ""Newcastle Journal, praise for the series"" ""Roy Lewis is a writer who believes in keeping his readers on their toes with plenty of twists and surprises."" -- ""Daily Telegraph (UK), praise for the author"" ""Tense, impressively evocative, and related in a refreshingly old-fashioned manner."" -- ""Chicago Tribune, praise for the series"" ""Tightly written, well-paced, and relentlessly accurate."" -- ""Oxford Times, praise for the series"""

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Roy Lewis is a well-established crime writer with more than sixty novels to his name. He lives in the north of England, where he sets many of his books. He is a former college principal and Inspector of Schools who now runs business training programs and has business interests in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. He has three children-all of them lawyers. He has also written books on law under the pen name J. R. Lewis.

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