{"product_id":"scorpion-scheme-death-and-danger-on-the-nile-paperback","title":"Scorpion Scheme: Death and Danger on the Nile - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Yuan-Innes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMelissa Yi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiller Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist for Best Thriller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHARAOH'S TOMBS. ANCIENT MYTHS. MODERN-DAY MURDER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Hope Sze doesn't need a free trip to Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe can't afford the flight to Cairo, or the cruise down the Nile, so she'd keep studying in Canada-except her fiancé;, Dr. John Tucker, yearns to patrol the pyramids and confront the curse on King Tutankhamun's tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when a company offers them both a free stay in Cairo in exchange for a month's work in an emergency department, Tucker lobbies for a pre-honeymoon in the Valley of Kings and Queens, investigating the windswept temple of Hatshepsut, or scuba diving in the Red Sea.\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, within 90 minutes of arrival, Hope drops to her knees outside the Grand Egyptian Museum, desperate to save a now-comatose 87-year-old Johannesburg man who'd raved about Kruger and treasure after receiving a nail through his skull.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTucker fixates on their one chance at the legendary Kruger Millions, \u003c\/b\u003e a rumoured fortune that many believe lies secretly stowed somewhere in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince their combined student debt load totals half a million dollars, Tucker can't pass up the possibility of a treasure trove in buried gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHope launches into her first mystery based in a birthplace of human civilization.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the evil god Set battled righteous Horus and Isis in an 80-year war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere wealth and power clash with political revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Antony fell in love with Cleopatra.\u003c\/p\u003eWhere Hope and Tucker must outwit, or fall prey, to a ruthless criminal mastermind.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bursting with murder, medicine, and mythology.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-Dr. Mamta Gautam, author of \u003ci\u003eIrondoc\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eER\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eHomeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e in a frenetic Egyptian adventure. Hope Sze turns her medical crimefighting into an international incident. \u003cb\u003eTerrorism, tombs, sarcasm, and sex.\u003c\/b\u003e-Dr. Frank Warsh, author of \u003ci\u003eHippocrates: the Art and the Oath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScorpion Scheme\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003etop-notch historical crime fiction with a fabulous kick-ass female protagonist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe kind of book that you just can't put down\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eScorpion Scheme\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eRobin Cook meets D.J. McIntosh's fabulous Mesopotamian trilogy but it delivers a stingingly good tale all on its own steam.-\u003c\/b\u003eLisa de Nikolits, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rage Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From ancient artifacts to food truck finds and social media shenanigans, Hope Sze tackles it all ... in Egypt.\"-RH Nix, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Very exciting indeed.\"-Dr. Sarah Makhdoom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Hope Sze series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 Mystery Selection\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eCBC Books\u003c\/b\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eHuman Remains\u003c\/i\u003e. Recommended authors also include Louise Penny and Maureen Jennings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best Canadian suspense books \u003c\/b\u003erecommended by Margaret Cannon\u003ci\u003e, The Globe and Mail, \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Human Remains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best crime novels of the season.\u003c\/b\u003e-CBC Radio's The Next Chapter Mystery Panel, on \u003ci\u003eStockholm Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe three intertwining mysteries and Hope herself provide a narrative by turns entertaining and insightful.\u003c\/b\u003e-Publishers Weekly, on \u003ci\u003eTerminally Ill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Narrating in a sprightly style while sharing some of the nitty-gritty of a resident's job, Hope Sze is an utterly likeable character.\u003c\/b\u003e-Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Drawing on her personal experiences in the ER in Canada, Yi has created medical thrillers that shine with authenticity and are impossible to put down.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-Kris Nelscott, New York Times bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52545023246643,"sku":"9781927341841","price":29.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bUlVNVFkdzRmdUhkeFpvZXN5WXZGUT09.webp?v=1760965129","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/scorpion-scheme-death-and-danger-on-the-nile-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}