The Anubis Slayings - Softcover

Doherty, P. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425185818 ISBN 13: 9780425185810

Publisher: Berkley, 2002

Synopsis

A series of murders at one of ancient Egypt's most important temples could destroy delicate peace negotiations with the defeated Mitanni, and it is up to Nmerotke, the pharaoh's most trusted judge, to find the killer before it is too late. By the author of The Horus Killings. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

P.C. Doherty was born in England. He studied history at Liverpool and Oxford Universities, obtaining a doctorate at Oxford for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in Northeast London and is the author of several acclaimed mystery series, including The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries, and The Canterbury Tales of Mystery and Murder. Following The Mask of Ra, his ancient Egyptian mysteries include The Horus Killings and The Anubis Slayings.

From Publishers Weekly:

In 1478 B.C., in the Egyptian capital of Thebes, the judge Amerotke confronts a fascinating maze of puzzles, death and knife-edged political intrigue. Envoys from the defeated Mitanni nation have come to beg for a peace settlement by kissing the painted toes of the Divine Pharaoh-Queen Hatusu, but seem to nurture more sinister purposes. A priest on vigil in the Temple of Anubis, locked inside a chamber with a large amethyst sacred to the jackal god, is found fatally stabbed the jewel missing, the lock secure. A dancing girl lies dead in a temple garden, with no signs of violence. Fish float lifeless in an ornamental pool. Amerotke must discover how these incidents are related, and uncover the identity of the shadowy figure glimpsed garbed as the divine Anubis, while other murders occur and the judge himself faces peril in the lion-haunted desert outside the city. It is difficult, after all, to notice minor wounds among the flea bites everyone bears, and priests cannot be tortured to extract confessions. The fecund Doherty (The Mask of Ra; The Horus Killings) brings in (and wraps up as tight as a shroud) several subplots evoking the Egyptian culture of death, where "Powerful Theban nobles and merchants even arranged dinner parties and invited guests to come and inspect their latest caskets." This is another fine performance from this prolific author, sure to pass inspection by his many fans. (June 11)reviewed in Forecasts, Jan. 22; his new Alexander the Great mystery, The House of Death, in Forecasts, Apr. 30.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0425185818
• ISBN 13: 9780425185810
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304