City of the Dead

Huy the Scribe Egyptian Mystery #3

by Anton Gill

The pharaoh Tutankhamun is dead, killed in a mysterious hunting accident. This should be good news for Huy, who was exiled from court and prevented from working as a scribe when Tutankhamun took the throne. Palace intrigue, though, was never so simple. In the years since his exile, Huy has been eking out a living as a freelance problem solver?the world's first private eye?and it's in that capacity that he's been hired once again, to find out exactly how Tutankhamun died. Huy's employer has an agenda of his own, however, and in becoming his snoop-for-hire, Huy may have bought himself a lot more trouble than he's being paid to take on.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Egypt, Historical, Historical Mystery, Fiction

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Anton Gill worked for the English Stage Company, the Arts Council of Great Britain, and the BBC before becoming a full-time writer in 1984. He has written more than twenty books, mainly in the field of contemporary history.

aka Oliver Bowden

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This entry in the Huy series, set in Egypt 1352 BCE, is interesting because of the focus on the “murder” of Tutankhamun and the manoeuvrings by Horemheb and Ay to succeed.
Huy ducks and weaves as he attempts to stay alive to uncover evidence of the desert killing. He has allies like Senseheb, the daughter of the murdered chief doctor with whom he soon begins a relationship, and fights at least one too many adversaries to the death as the well-described political situation remains volatile.
It's grittier than Paul Doherty’s Amerotke

[Fausto · Rating 2 out of 5]

El autor nos presenta su versión de la muerte del faraón Tutankamón en donde, el escriba Huy debe averiguar la verdad. A comparación de las dos entregas anteriores de esta saga, este libro no te engancha tanto ya que tiene poca intriga y un final discreto. Veamos que sucede en los siguientes libros.