First paperback printing. Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody brings her brilliant powers of deduction to bear, but someone is shooting at her. Short closed tear at bottom right corner of front cover cutout which reveals the falcon statue on scond cover. 450 pages. A clean, crisp, uncreased copy.

Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Detective, Women, Sleuth, Elizabeth Peters, Amelia Peabody, Egypt, Egyptology, Cairo, Barbara Michaels, Jacqueline Kirby