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Mystery of the Sands

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Working her first shift on her new job, a fearless museum security guard dawdles along, trying to get used to her new working place. She expects it to be an eventless night, but suddenly some of the exhibits come to life and she finds herself in the middle of a mysterious and exciting adventure involving a powerful priest and a pharaoh from Ancient Egypt. Together with other palace members, they go on a journey back in time to solve a long-forgotten murder: the murder of the pharaoh himself.


Autor : Rewan Tremethick
Illustration: shutterstock.com/Jim Barber
ca. 212 Pages
SKU: mystery-of-the-sands Categories: ,
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Characters :

The heroine

Pam Marwick, museum security guard (despite not being terribly interested in museums), at her first shift on the new job; always wishing for some adventure in her life; courageous and clever; gets accidentally involved in the mysterious happenings in the museum at night; develops a friendship with all the Ancient Egyptians but ends up closest to Marcus; helps discover pharaoh Nathan's murderer.

The murdered king

Nathan Campbell, pharaoh from Ancient Egypt who was murdered in his sleep, later to be resurrected by Lucien; fair and forgiving; married to Amber Dewhurst; desperate to find out who killed him and why, and what happened to his pyramid.

The queen

Amber Dewhurst, married to Nathan; confident and loyal wife; sarcastic streak; wanted children in life; supports her husband in finding his murderer.

The priest

Lucien Griffiths, Nathan's court priest; rather serious most of the time; can be a bit snippy and superior; initially clashes with Pam but eventually comes around to her; resurrects the pharaoh and the other palace members using his magical powers; conducts the group into an illusory world of the past in order to find the person responsible for his king's death.

The policeman

Marcus Bowen, former tomb guard; loyal member of the palace; fond of his monkey Arthur; becomes friends with Pam and helps her to detect the murderer.

The servant/murderer

Matthew Harding, Nathan's 'loyal' servant; claustrophobic; resents not being noticed; killed his king in order to find a legendary amulet which would give him the power to save his family; Pam finds some sympathy for his motives, although she can't condone his actions.

Grave robber1

Zara, Ancient Egyptian grave robber; younger than Nathan; secretly the sister of Lily; forward and snappy; niece of Senbi; resents Nathan for the arrest of her father; was accidentally killed when Nathan's pyramid collapsed while she was looking for treasures in there, later to be resurrected by Lucien.

Grave robber2

Lily, Ancient Egyptian grave robber; younger than Nathan; secretly the sister of Zara; less cheeky and more cautious than Zara; niece of Senbi; was accidentally killed when Nathan's pyramid collapsed while she was looking for treasures in there, later to be resurrected by Lucien.

The cleaner

Norris Mason, museum cleaner; elderly, placid, extremely short-sighted; secret survivor from Nathan's era; has the amulet the murderer and priest were looking for; doesn't join the others in their adventure.

The healer

Senbi, palace healer; only referenced by name, makes no actual appearance in the novel; paternal uncle of Zara and Lily; obsessed with researching plants; accidently produced the poison Nathan was killed with.

The heroine's cat

Milton, Pam's male cat; demanding and angry, but affectionate after being fed.

The policeman's monkey

Arthur, Marcus's male monkey and faithful companion; clever and highly-trained; Marcus adores him, but nobody else is a fan.

Country

England

City

London