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Ancient Egypt, the 18th Dynasty.
The child Pharaoh Tutankhamun is dead, and the wily but ageing Ay has outwitted Horemheb to succeed him.
But when Ay's wife dies with no heir, Ay knows his days as Pharaoh are numbered.
He summons Huy, scribe in the king's court, to sail to the City of the Sea to find out more about the growing unrest in the southern kingdom.
Huy has other intentions for travelling: he has just learnt that his only son from his first marriage, Heby, has disappeared and is feared dead.
When he reaches the City of the Sea he realises Ay has sent him to uncover the truth behind the brutal death of the priest Ipur.
Huy discovers that Ipur had a dark secret life, and his son's disappearance may be connected to the murder.
Can the world's first private eye find who was behind Ipur's death and be reconciled with his son, dead or alive?
Praise for Anton Gill:
'Brilliantly researched history blending with a tense thriller to rank with the best of them.' Reinhard Hesse
'All you've ever wanted to know about sex in ancient Egypt... including a tour of the best brothels, plus tips on how to do it,... Exotic, erotic and highly recommended, like Gill's first Egyptian mystery, City of the Horizon.' Literary Review
'Anton Gill supplies enough tension and breadth of description to keep one wanting to know the answer... and he is very readable.' Times Literary Supplement
Anton Gill, only child of an English mother and a German father, worked for the English Stage Company, the Arts Council and the BBC before becoming a full-time writer in 1984. He has published over twenty books, mainly in the field of contemporary history, including 'The Journey Back from Hell: Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors' (winner of the H. H. Wingate Award), 'A Dance between Flames: Berlin between the Wars'; and 'An Honourable Defeat: A History of the German Resistance to Hitler'.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Ancient Egypt, the 18th Dynasty.
The child Pharaoh Tutankhamun is dead, and the wily but ageing Ay has outwitted Horemheb to succeed him.
But when Ay's wife dies with no heir, Ay knows his days as Pharaoh are numbered.
He summons Huy, scribe in the king's court, to sail to the City of the Sea to find out more about the growing unrest in the southern kingdom.
Huy has other intentions for travelling: he has just learnt that his only son from his first marriage, Heby, has disappeared and is feared dead.
When he reaches the City of the Sea he realises Ay has sent him to uncover the truth behind the brutal death of the priest Ipur.
Huy discovers that Ipur had a dark secret life, and his son's disappearance may be connected to the murder.
Can the world's first private eye find who was behind Ipur's death and be reconciled with his son, dead or alive?
Praise for Anton Gill:
'Brilliantly researched history blending with a tense thriller to rank with the best of them.' Reinhard Hesse
'All you've ever wanted to know about sex in ancient Egypt... including a tour of the best brothels, plus tips on how to do it,... Exotic, erotic and highly recommended, like Gill's first Egyptian mystery, City of the Horizon.' Literary Review
'Anton Gill supplies enough tension and breadth of description to keep one wanting to know the answer... and he is very readable.' Times Literary Supplement
Anton Gill, only child of an English mother and a German father, worked for the English Stage Company, the Arts Council and the BBC before becoming a full-time writer in 1984. He has published over twenty books, mainly in the field of contemporary history, including 'The Journey Back from Hell: Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors' (winner of the H. H. Wingate Award), 'A Dance between Flames: Berlin between the Wars'; and 'An Honourable Defeat: A History of the German Resistance to Hitler'.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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