Amelia is one of the most interesting and delightful characters in the mystery genre.
It's 1907, and the family expects a quiet season of digging in the Valley of the Kings. The story begins in London, where Amelia joins suffragists picketing the home of a member of Parliament who scorns their demand for voting rights. Dangerous repercussions from that march will follow the family to their home in Luxor. When the family's Egyptian housekeeper admits she wants to learn English, Amelia and Nefret help her, even though educated women are frowned upon by men of the village. At the center of the story is a valuable papyrus of the famous Book of the Dead, purchased by Ramses and David, that someone wants badly enough to kill for.