{"id":3206,"date":"2026-07-05T16:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/?post_type=books&#038;p=3206"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:37:09","slug":"shadow-of-the-sphinx-an-aunt-jessica-mystery-book-4","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/?books=shadow-of-the-sphinx-an-aunt-jessica-mystery-book-4","title":{"rendered":"Shadow of the Sphinx &#8211; An Aunt Jessica mystery &#8211; Book 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Pyramids, pharaohs and a predator in Prada<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nEloise Masterton is the owner of a chain of high-end boutiques, and she doesn\u2019t care who she steps on to build her empire. When she is murdered on a holiday tour of Egypt there are plenty of suspects including the ex-husband who appears to be stalking her, a disgruntled business partner and an ex-lover, not to mention the ship\u2019s resident cruise director.<br \/>\nCan Aunt Jessica and Harry unmask the murderer before their Nile cruise returns to Luxor and the whole party leave the boat to go their separate ways?<br \/>\nIf you fancy a vicarious journey to enjoy the sights of magnificent, towering temples, giant statues of pharaohs and animal-headed gods and priceless bejewelled tomb treasures; take in the sounds and smells of the local markets and learn something of Egypt\u2019s ancient history, customs and cuisine then this is a book for you.<br \/>\nA whodunit that blends ancient history, myths and archaeology wrapped in a present-day holiday mystery, with plenty of unexpected twists with a touch of humour. It will keep you guessing until the end.<br \/>\nAgatha Christie\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Death on the Nile<\/span>\u00a0meets Elizabeth Peter\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Curse of the Pharaohs<\/span>\u00a0in a modern setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyramids, pharaohs and a predator in Prada Eloise Masterton is the owner of a chain of high-end boutiques, and she doesn\u2019t care who she steps on to build her empire. When she is murdered on a holiday tour of Egypt there are plenty of suspects including the ex-husband who appears to be stalking her, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3143,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","book-authors":[],"book-series":[9],"book-tags":[91,92,116],"class_list":["post-3206","books","type-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","book-series-the-aunt-jessica-mysteries","book-tags-cozy-travel-murder-mystery","book-tags-international-whodunit-series","book-tags-traditional-british-mystery","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/books\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/books"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-authors&post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-series&post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"book-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithcranswick.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-tags&post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}