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Are there emeralds still to be found at Sikait in the Mountains of the Eastern, Red Desert of Egypt bordering the Red Sea? Donald Phipps, archaeologist, is fairly confident there must be some good stones left there although, since the time of Cleopatra two thousand years ago, nobody has really bothered to search for them. His 'patron', Solomon Hunter III, is arriving from New York, to see the stones. Where is Donald? He has vanished. Donald's rogue brother, Alistair, comes to Egypt hoping to cash in on Don's fortune. He steals the stones that have already been found, bolts and is found dead.…mehr

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Are there emeralds still to be found at Sikait in the Mountains of the Eastern, Red Desert of Egypt bordering the Red Sea? Donald Phipps, archaeologist, is fairly confident there must be some good stones left there although, since the time of Cleopatra two thousand years ago, nobody has really bothered to search for them. His 'patron', Solomon Hunter III, is arriving from New York, to see the stones. Where is Donald? He has vanished. Donald's rogue brother, Alistair, comes to Egypt hoping to cash in on Don's fortune. He steals the stones that have already been found, bolts and is found dead. His brother tries to report him dead, but gets locked up himself. For 6 weeks nobody knows where he is; is he dead or what? Don's daughter and nephew travel to Egypt searching for him. Nobody knows anything. This story ranges from the Red Sea, East of the Nile, to the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings.
Autorenporträt
Joanna Hill has lived between, London, New York, Monaco and rural France but has now moved to a beautiful Elizabethan mansion in Sussex, once the home of her maternal grandmother. Far from basking in grand surroundings, Joanna lives in the old kitchens! She began writing in New York where she worked for the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU and continued in France writing articles for France magazine and for History Scotland. She also wrote the first of her history books. She also has a very handsome dog, a coal-black 'Sproodle' (springer poodle cross), who is great company.