Cairo Caper (A Wendy Darlin Comedy Mystery) Barbara Silkstone (Author)
Description
Hot on the
trail of Cleopatra’s grave all we had to do was get from Cairo to the Temple at
Taporisis. Morning sunlight glared from the muddy surface of the Nile. Six
floors down a body in white sprawled in a splat of blood. My first official
kill as a tomb raider and it was an ashtray-rubout. How embarrassing. Professor
Roger Jolley and I were in the first trimester of our third archaeological
case. The adrenalin high of tomb raiding had become an addiction. As we sat in
the Smiling Camel Café I noticed Roger was wearing two left shoes. Brown
wingtips. We were definitely starting off on the wrong foot.
Cairo Caper (A Wendy Darlin Comedy
Mystery)
Barbara Silkstone (Author)
Author Barbara
Silkstone has done it again with her next book: Her writing is exciting,
hilarious, and a cross between Indiana Jones and modern comedy. She has
incorporated a style that compels the reader to see what wild event will happen
in the next scene. The plot and setting are reminiscent of Indiana Jones.
The story is written
with intelligent, sarcastic humor that keeps on rolling. Wendy Darlin,
archeologist Roger Jolley and a cast of billionaire oligarchs and loopy street
peddlers all race to find Cleopatra’s tomb. If you like Indiana Jones or Lara
Croft adventures, you will really enjoy a lighter look at their escapades. The
author adds in delightful descriptive details, and even some are clues.
In all
the witty journey make this a keeper, as Silkstone’s other books are. Her
writing is light reading for those moments when you need a laugh and a decent
book to pass the time and raised the spirits when all is not true with the
world.
My favorite part was
the invisible cat scratching rubbing against Wendy’s legs. Was it a hallucination
or something more?
This reader highly
recommends this book for all ages over early teens. A ‘little birdie, a
messenger and her partner the author’s cat told this reader to be on the
lookout for clues in the story to win many great prizes so be ready to play
scavenger hunt, after reading this adventurous mystery and comedy all mixed in
one suspenseful story. Clues are hidden throughout the book.
The prizes for finding
the correct answers are hidden in the story are great. They range from
an Indiana Jones fedora to engraved luggage tags, and even a pair of red
high-heel pumps.
Blog extra
A Newsflash...
I hope to send out my
first clues for things that are hidden in the book. I'll be asking a question
every few weeks. The answers are hidden in the book... like a quote from a
movie that won an Academy Award. The correct answerers get their name put in a bowl.
My cat will pull the winners names.
I will be giving away Wendy's Indiana Jones
hat, her red high heels, dog-tags (military style) with Wendy Darlin Tomb
Raider on the tags. They are really gorgeous gunmetal gray stainless steel.
Attention: Readers and Fans lots of prizes
over the coming month(s).Be on the watch do not want to miss this great book and promotion.
