Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, now a wife and mother, returns in another
Victorian-era mystery--to catch a murderer at an excavation of an
ancient tomb.
It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled
down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising
their young son Ramses and everything seems normal--until they are
approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir
Henry, has died after uncovering what may have been royal tomb in
Luxor.
Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig,
Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not
die a natural death. Accidents continue to plague the dig, and talk of a
pharaoh's curse runs rampant among the group. Amelia begins to suspect
that these accidents are caused by a sinister human, but who?