Again, there are themes of colonialism and privilege at play amidst the wonderfully written diverse characters, who seamlessly work together to create a fabulous and enticing mystery. When the head of the society is found dead, Daisy, Amina, Hazel and the Junior Pinkertons, George and Alexander begin to investigate, and with the finger pointing at everyone in the society, and for different reasons, only the Detective Society – with a little help from May, can solve! Together, they examine what they know, and pick apart how the society works, and how they misinterpret Egyptian religion.

The story, as usual is told by Hazel in one of the Detective Society casebooks, and recounts the days spent sailing to Aswan, and the murder that leads to an unforeseeable tragedy that could rip the Detective Society apart forever. Aboard the SS Hatshepsut, they encounter the Breath of Life – a strange and mysterious cult-like society that appropriates Ancient Egyptian beliefs and put themselves forward as reincarnated Pharaohs – something Amina quite rightly points out is offensive to Egyptian culture and history. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive…ĭaisy and Hazel are off to Egypt with fellow Deepdean student, Amina El Maghrabi and Hazel’s father and younger sisters, Rose and May. And within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead…ĭaisy and Hazel leap into action and begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora’s timid daughter Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. Three days into the cruise their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two what they get, instead, is murder.Īlso travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Synopsis: The final novel in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series.ĭaisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile.

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