The Deeds of the Disturber

An Egyptologist investigates a death at the British Museum in a “charming” Victorian mystery by the New York Times –bestselling author of The Painted Queen ( The Denver Post ).  Back in London after an archaeological dig, adventurous sleuth Amelia Peabody—“rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one”—discovers that a night watchman at the museum has perished in the shadow of a mummy case ( The Washington Post Book World ).   There are murmurings about