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Written by Barbara Mertz writing as Elizabeth Peters - Audio book performed by Grace Conlin - Unabridged Fiction - 9 CASSETTES - 13 hours

Publisher, Blackstone Audio Books (December 1996)

An assistant curator of Munich’s National Museum, Vicky Bliss is no expert on Egypt, but she does have a Ph.D. in solving crimes. So when an intelligence agency offers her a luxury Nile cruise if she’ll help solve a murder and stop a heist of Egyptian antiquities, all 5' 11" of her takes the plunge. Vicky suspects the authorities really want her to lead them to her missing lover, the art thief and master of disguises she knows only as “Sir John Smythe.” And right in the shadow of the Sphinx she spots him…with his new flame. Vicky is so furious at this romantic stab-in-the-back, not to mention the sudden arrival of her meddling boss, Herr Dr. Schmidt, that she may overlook a danger as old as the pharaohs and as unchanging…a criminal who hides behind a mask of charm while moving in for the kill.

“Combining mystery, love affairs, and Egyptian history, Ms. Peters has produced her 25th successful crime romp.” —Dallas Morning News

“Heartily endorsed. Brisk adventure in exotic surroundings from a practiced hand.” —Library Journal

“Night Train to Memphis is raucous fun, with just enough chills. Peters has written her own off-the-wall take on Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile—but it’s Christie on amphetamines, with a bourbon chaser!” —Santa Barbara News-Press

About the Author: Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois, and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. An Agatha Award winning author, Ms. Peters was named Grandmaster in the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986. In 1990 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Hood College. A frequent lecturer at museums and libraries, she lives in an historic farmhouse in Frederick, Maryland, with six cats and two dogs.