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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Mummy Case
Elizabeth Peters · 336 pages
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in this barren area worthy of their interest -- until an an
Return of the Mummy
R.L. Stine · 118 pages
Reawakened
Colleen Houck · 393 pages
Confronted by a reawakened Egyptian prince during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17-year-old Lilliana is chosen to help him raise his brothers and stop Seth, the shape-shifting god, from conquering the world.
The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy
Robert Arthur · 160 pages
The Three Investigators undertake a case involving an Egyptian mummy which whispers, but only to one man.
The Curse of the Kings
Victoria Holt · 304 pages
For centuries the tombs of the Pharaohs were haunted by a deadly curse, so when two eminent archaeologists die under mysterious circumstances, Judith Osmond is certain the curse was the cause. Then, overnight, her life changed forever. There was an unexpected inheritance. Then the handsome young archaeologist she adores, Tybalt, asks her to marry him. But when Tybalt plans a honeymoon amid the tom
Night Train to Memphis
Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Mertz · 400 pages
The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan · 406 pages
He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young init
The Ancient Curse
Valerio Massimo Manfredi · 246 pages
In the middle of the night at the Museum of Volterra, young archeologist Fabrizio Castellani is immersed in his work research into the famous Etruscan statue known as "The Night Shadow". Completely engrossed, he is startled by the phone ringing. An icy female voice warns him to abandon his work at once.
The Golem's Eye
Jonathan Stroud · 562 pages
In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Marianne Malone · 274 pages
Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.
After Dark
Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz · 342 pages
LIfe is tough enough these days for Lydia Smith, licensed Para-archaeologist. Seriously stressed-out from a nasty incident in an alien tomb, she is obliged to work part-time in Shrimpton's House of Ancient Horrors, a very low-budget museum. she has a plan to get her career back on track, but it isn't going well. Stuff keeps happening.Take the dead body that she discovered in one of the sarcophagus
And Only to Deceive
Tasha Alexander · 339 pages
Emily agreed to wed Philip, the Viscount Ashton, primarily to escape her overbearing mother. Philip's death while on safari soon after their wedding left Emily feeling little grief, for she barely knew the dashing stranger. But her discovery of his journals nearly two years later reveals a far different man than she imagined—a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who apparently loved his ne
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker · 226 pages
This dark fantasy Bram Stoker book is full of suspense. Set in ancient Egypt, it will keep you on the edge of your seat with a twist Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. This eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year.at the end. A must for Bram Stoker fans.
Amulet Keepers
Michael Northrop · 191 pages
Investigating a string of disappearances amid supernatural occurrences in London, Alex and Ren discover the workings of a powerful Death Walker intent on destroying the city. Investigating a string of disappearances amid supernatural occurrences in London, Alex and Ren discover the workings of a powerful Death Walker intent on destroying the city. Book #2
Kraken
China Mieville · 503 pages
Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books. The book bears the subtitle "An Anatomy" on the title page. It was the winner for the 2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Miéville has described the book as "a dark comedy about a squid-worshipping cult and the end of the world. It takes the idea of the squid c
The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis · 353 pages
*A New York Times Bestseller* From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is u
Wrapped
Jennifer Bradbury · 314 pages
Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins is about to make her debut into 1815 London society at a lavish party, where she meets Lord Showalter, a wealthy and eligible man who collects Egyptian antiquities and who is hiding a dangerous secret.