Review: Likable fluff
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
After I finished Cairo Caper, my first impulse was to give this a 3 star, ok rating. However, as you can see I gave it 4 stars. Why? Because I immediately checked my kindle for the first two books in the series so I could start reading them. That, to me, would only be a 4-5 star book.Cairo Caper is a quirky, fluffy read with no redeeming value, a pleasant way to spend an hour or two. The archaeological aspects are fictional unlike the Amelia Peabody mysteries by the real archaeologist Dr. Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters) and the situations are preposterous. There are all sorts of contemporary references (some of which I probably missed)like a young female character being a librarian and using a humorous line the librarian in the movie The Mummy used. Many of the character names are a hoot like Petrie Dische (possibly named after the famous Egyptologist Wm. Petrie and the famous lab supply....snicker, snicker), Tickemoff-the pesky vendor, Roger Jolley, Sputum-the Russian bad guy, Habib Jones, etc.For a reader in the right frame of mind, you can spend an enjoyable hour or two. If you want a finely crafted, well developed, detailed plot and a little more realism you might want something else.I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.