Today I am delighted to be part of the blog tour for the latest in the Lady Swift Mysteries, Murder on the Nile.
A cruise down the Nile, a camel ride around the pyramids, lunch in the shadow of the Sphinx… And a very dead body!
1924. Lady Eleanor Swift and her butler Clifford are touring the great, ancient sights of Egypt on a much-anticipated extended vacation. But when the pair arrive at the docks in Cairo expecting to board the luxurious paddle steamer advertised in their brochure, they are baffled by the crumbling old cruiser waiting for them. And things only go from bad to worse as death stalks the decks of the SS Cleopatra…
Two days into the trip one of their fellow passengers, Lieutenant Baxter, is found shot dead in his locked cabin. Immediately suspicious and desperate to see justice done, Eleanor discovers a half-finished note addressed to her hidden in Baxter’s travelling trunk. In it he asks her to deliver a vitally important letter to the authorities at their next stop down river: a priceless treasure worthy of a king has been stolen and an innocent man’s life hangs in the balance.
But before the sands of time wipe away all evidence on board, Eleanor must uncover who among the other travellers wanted Baxter dead. Was it the anxious archaeologist who doesn’t have an alibi, the reptile expert with a passion for the murderous Nile crocodile or the art dealer with a devious secret?
With the killer readying to strike again much closer to home, can Eleanor dig up the truth before she’s trapped in a tomb under the pyramids forever?
A gripping and twisty 1920s murder mystery set in Egypt, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Lee Strauss!
My thoughts
I never tire of these wonderful books and their warm, engaging characters and dastardly villains. Yet again Lady Swift and ever dependable Clifford are thrown in to investigating a heinous crime when they should be relaxing on a well deserved holiday. This time they are in Egypt and looking forward to a charming voyage down the Nile. Sadly their boat isn’t quite what they were expecting and neither is the dead body that is soon in their midst. The evidence points towards a suicide and Eleanor is faced with a race against the clock if she is to get justice for the dead man. There are even bigger mysteries at play and before long she and Clifford are once again in mortal danger and they get closer and closer to the truth.
A super puzzle to solve and as always the clues are subtle and engaging enough to carry you on as the plot thickens. This novel is full of the atmosphere, colour and spice of 1920s Egypt and as always I thoroughly enjoyed all the historical detail that Verity Bright injects into their novels. Another super instalment and I can’t wait for the next one!
Thank you so much to the lovely team at Bookouture for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. A total delight as always,
About the author
Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.
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