Crocodile on the Sandbank

The adventure that unfolds in Crocodile on the Sandbank follows Amelia Peabody, a fiercely independent Victorian gentlewoman who has inherited both a fortune and her father's iron will, as she travels to Egypt to indulge her passion for archaeology, accompanied by a young woman whose past is shrouded in scandal. In Cairo she stumbles into a murder investigation tangled with rumors of a lethal mummy that is said to strike anyone who disturbs its tomb. As the body count rises, Amelia must use her sharp intellect and determination to unravel the mystery before the ancient curse consumes her.