03157cam a2200445 i 4500 313152435 TxAuBib 20170830120000.0 170113s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016055125 9780062083517 hardcover $27.99 0062083511 hardcover $27.99 TxAuBib rda Peters, Elizabeth. The painted queen / Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess ; archaeological consultant, Salima Ikram. First edition. New York : William Morrow, [2017] ©2017. xviii, 323 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Amelia Peabody ; 20 "An Amelia Peabody novel of suspense"--Jacket. Maps on lining papers. Egypt, 1912. Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned bubble bath in her elegant hotel suite in Cairo when a man with knife protruding from his back staggers into the chamber and utters a single word -- "Murder" -- before collapsing on the tiled floor, dead. Among the few possessions he carried was a sheet of paper with Amelia's name and room number, and a curious piece of pasteboard the size of a calling card bearing one word: "Judas." Most peculiarly, the stranger was wearing a gold-rimmed monocle in his left eye. It quickly becomes apparent that someone saved Amelia from a would-be assassin -- someone who is keeping a careful eye on the intrepid Englishwoman. Discovering a terse note clearly meant for her husband, Radcliffe Emerson, pushed under their door, there can be only one answer: the brilliant master of disguise, Sethos. But neither assassins nor the Genius of Crime will deter Amelia as she and Emerson head to the excavation site at Amarna, where they will witness the discovery of one of the most precious Egyptian artifacts: the iconic Nefertiti bust. In 1345 B.C., the sculptor Thutmose crafted the piece in tribute to the great beauty of this queen who was also the chief consort of Pharaoh Akhenaten and stepmother to King Tutankhamun. For Amelia, this excavation season will prove to be unforgettable. Throughout her journey, a parade of men in monocles will die under suspicious circumstances, fascinating new relics will be unearthed, a diabolical mystery will be solved, and a brilliant criminal will offer his final challenge... and perhaps be unmasked at last. 20170830. Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, active 14th century B.C In art Fiction. Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character) Fiction. Archaeologists Fiction. Assassins Fiction. Kom el-Nana Site (Egypt) Fiction. Egypt Antiquities Fiction. Egypt Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Mysteries. Hess, Joan, author. Amelia Peabody ; 20.