This is an auction for SHADOWS ON THE NILE by Kate Furnivall.

"When Jessie Kenton was young, her beloved brother, Georgie, was whisked away during the night and replaced by a different boy before morning. Jessie begged to know where Georgie had been taken but over time came to love her new, adopted brother, Timothy. Twenty years later, though, it’s Tim who goes missing, and this time Jessie goes in search of him herself. Following clues in the manner of her idol, Sherlock Holmes, Jessie chases one confusing lead after another. Setting her novel in the early 20th century, Furnivall highlights the archaeology craze in Egypt and the turbulent political climate in London to create an enjoyable, page-turning blend of history, mystery, and love."

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Amazon.com review:

1912 London. Jessie Kenton hears her young brother, Georgie, scream in the middle of the night and wakes up the next morning to find him gone. Her parents never speak of him again.

1. Twenty years later, Jessie is haunted by the same nightmare. Her other brother, Timothy, has inexplicably vanished from her parents’ home. Wracked by guilt because of her failure to ever find Georgie, and convinced that the two events must be related, she sets out on a quest to find Timothy. She plunges into a mysterious world of séances and mystics, nebulous clues and Egyptian artefacts.

With the help of a dashing aristocrat, Jessie follows the trail into the alien, swirling sands of the Egyptian desert. Amid the ancient intrigue and blistering heat, a powerful romance sparks between Jessie and Monty...

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Large format paperback 2012.

435 pages.

Near new condition.

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