THE PYRAMID MURDERS (Miss Clara Vale Mysteries #3) by Fiona Veitch Smith will be released on June 13, 2024 by Embla Books.
While helping reveal her deceased uncle Egyptian collection at a local museum, private detective Clara Vale gets caught up in a murder investigation when the ancient Egyptian mummy is replaced with a much more recently deceased body. Found in the sarcophagus alongside the murder victim is a cache of ancient jewelry that was presumably smuggled out of Egypt. To return the stolen jewelry and discover the identity of the murder victim, Clara and her assistant travel to Egypt where they track down a murder and international smuggling ring.
THE PYRAMID MURDERS is the first Clara Vale Mystery that I’ve read, but I plan to go back and read the first two novels in the series. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. The time period and locations were clearly researched methodically and there was plenty of tidbits contemporary to the early 1930s thrown in to enhance the story. The novel was very well written and the plot never dragged. Clara is a spunky and likable main character. I can’t wait to see what Clara gest up to next.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.