Seeing a Large Cat
Subtitle: (Amelia Peabody Mysteries - Book 9
Series: Amelia Peabody, Bk 9
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: July 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780446605571
Subjects: Fiction - Mystery
Genres: Fiction - Women Slueths; Fiction - Egyptian Archeology
First sentence: Really," I said, "Cairo is becoming overrun with tourist these days-and many of them no better than they should be! I am sorry to see so fine a hotel as Shepheard's allowing those male persons to hang about the entrance making eyes at the lady guests.
Description: The year is 1903. The place is Cairo. And preparing to tackle an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings, the intrepid Amelia Peabody dreams of a large cat, an Egyptian sign of good luck. In fact, an ominous message warning "Stay away from tomb Twenty-A" only intrigues her.

But Amelia soon acquires a fearful headache when teenage son, Ramses, and her beautiful ward, Nefret, sneak about to help a pretty American who thinks she's being stalked. And when tomb Twenty-A yields a mummy wearing silk undies, Amelia finds herself in a labyrinth of macabre murder, passion, and cruel deceit. Now she needs the cat's good luck and more: feline stealth, a nose for something rotten, and nine lives -- or her next dig may be her own grave...