The Mummy Case — Elizabeth Peters

They first saw the mummy case carelessly propped against the Baroness' grand piano like some outre parlor ornament. It watt a relatively insignificant mummy case, as such things go ... and no one suspected the mystery behind its enigmatic facade.

Once again, daring Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her handsome, irascible husband Radcliffe Emerson embark on an adventurous archaeological dig in Egypt...and as usual. they unearth a mystery as intriguing as an ancient tomb... and far more dangerous.

Joined by their precocious young son Ramses and his Egyptian cat Bastet. the fearless Amelia and Radcliffe pit themselves squarely against a hand of murderers to unlock the secret behind...THE MUMMY CASE