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for The First Time In More Than A Decade, new York Times Bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters Brings Vicki Bliss Back For One Last Investigation. But This Time She'll Be Detecting In Amelia Peabody Territory, Searching For Solutions In Egypt's Mysterious Valley Of The Kings. who Stole One Of Egypt's Most Priceless Treasures? The Brazen Crime Bears All The Earmarks Of One Sir John Smythe, The International Art Thief Who Is, In Fact, John Tregarth, The Longtime Significant Other Of Vicki Bliss. But John Swears He's Retired—not To Mention Innocent—and He Vows To Clear His Name By Hunting Down The True Criminal. vicki's Faith In John Leaves Her No Choice But To Set Out For The Middle East, Where Dark Days And Myriad Dangers Await Them And Each Uncovered Clue Seems To Raise Even More Questions For The Intrepid Vicki. And The Stakes Are Elevated Considerably Because Now It Appears That Murder Most Foul Has Been Added To The Equation. publishers Weekly barbara Rosenblat Is The Perfect Performer For A Caper That Whirls The Listener In And Out Of Egyptian Tombs And The Glories Of Luxor. Some Murder And Mayhem Are Tossed In, But They're Almost Tangential. Rosenblat Captures All The Wit And Deductive Skills Of Vicki Bliss, An American Art Curator/detective, But Also Conveys Her Down-to-earth Side. However, For All Her Many Talents, Rosenblat Is Surprisingly Inept With Foreign Accents. The Overblown German Accent Of Vicki's Boss, Schmidt, Works Well For The Larger-than-life Bon Vivant, But John, Vicki's Fellow Sleuth And Love Interest, Teeters In And Out Of Various British Accents, And The Egyptian Accents Of The Locals Are Totally Off. Nevertheless, Characters' Voices Are Quite Distinctive, So Don't Worry About Getting Lost In A Verbal Desert. Rosenblat's Overall Performance And Rapid-fire Pacing Make This Overlong Book More Enjoyable In Audio Form Than On The Printed Page. a William Morrow Hardcover (reviews, July 7). (sep