City of the Dead: The Third Egyptian Mystery (Egyptian Mysteries) [Paperback]

Anton Gill (Author)

Book Description

Series: Egyptian Mysteries | Publication Date: December 1993

Tutankhamun is killed while on a hunting trip to celebrate the pregnancy of his wife, Ankhsenpaamun. A vicious struggle for the succession ensues. The lives of the widow and her unborn child are in danger and only Huy, the lowly scribe, has the means to discover the truth about the pharoah's death.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747514860
• ISBN-13: 978-0747514862
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,668,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gill writes the wrongs with this 'first detective', April 4, 2004

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Billy J. Hobbs "Bill Hobbs" (Tyler, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City of the Dead: The Third Egyptian Mystery (Egyptian Mysteries) (Paperback)

Anton Gill, a prolific author clearly in his own "write," continues his series set in Egyptian times (18th Dynasty) in "City of the Dead."

Tutankhamun meets his (inevitable) untimely death and, of course, the "dance of the succession" begins, violently. Only the scribe Huy (billed as the "world's first detective") can decipher the code of this historic miasma. And Gill presents a credible, albeit, of course, fictional accounting. Along the way, Gill's writing skill and succinct plot development accompanied by clearly defined and skillfully developed characters make reading this short novel a treat.

The plausible conclusion sets us up for another in the series, although at this writing (2004) none has been spotted. We hope Gill hasn't given up on us. It's a good series and worth fighting for! ([e-mail])