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In addition to being a sucker for mysteries set in France, I'm just as much a sucker for mysteries set in Egypt - either ancient or modern-day. And Carol Thurston's The Eye Of Horus fits the bill - as you might guess from its title ...

I read this in DTB many many years ago, and although I'm not usually a fan of the "then-and-now/parallel timeline" approach, Thurston made it work. I don't remember a lot of details, but do remember that I really liked it, and even shed a tear or two while reading. And I was sad that Thurston never wrote any more. So, now that it's on sale at Kindle US for $1.99, I'll probably grab it and put it near the top of my TBR (or TB Re-Read) list.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049B22SE

Spoiler:

Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs.

With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, employing the latest forensic and medical imaging techniques, Kate starts to unravel the millennia-old puzzle. And as the mummy's remarkable secrets come to light, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers in an age when godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. Suddenly Kate finds herself on a twisting path leading her deeper into the shadows of anciet Kemet...and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering its horrific power remains undimished by the relentless passage of time.