The Curse of Cairo
(2026)(The ninth book in the Lady Ellen Investigates series)
A novel by Kelly Mason
A sealed tomb, a whispered curse and murder before sunrise.
Ellen has a week of cultured sightseeing ahead of her Cairo with an organised tour party. But when Captain Hamilton proposes a private visit to the Pyramids, Lady Ellen eagerly escapes the city.
At a remote archaeological camp, a long-sealed tomb stands ready to be opened. A professor translates the warning carved above its entrance:
Death shall come swiftly to the one who claims what is not his.
The Egyptian labourers step back, refusing to break the seal. Undeterred, the expedition’s wealthy patron, Sir Reginald Kingsley, pushes the door open himself, to find a glittering hoard of jewels and ancient artefacts.
That night, whispers of a Pharaoh’s curse drift across the desert. By morning, Sir Reginald is dead.
Was it the curse of the ancients…or a killer walking beneath the desert stars?
Genre: Historical Mystery
Ellen has a week of cultured sightseeing ahead of her Cairo with an organised tour party. But when Captain Hamilton proposes a private visit to the Pyramids, Lady Ellen eagerly escapes the city.
At a remote archaeological camp, a long-sealed tomb stands ready to be opened. A professor translates the warning carved above its entrance:
Death shall come swiftly to the one who claims what is not his.
The Egyptian labourers step back, refusing to break the seal. Undeterred, the expedition’s wealthy patron, Sir Reginald Kingsley, pushes the door open himself, to find a glittering hoard of jewels and ancient artefacts.
That night, whispers of a Pharaoh’s curse drift across the desert. By morning, Sir Reginald is dead.
Was it the curse of the ancients…or a killer walking beneath the desert stars?
Genre: Historical Mystery