- In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author"s canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals" rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep"s own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...