Veronica Speedwell and Stoker Templeton-Vane are back, and this time, they are taking on a fairly standard 19th-century mystery trope: the curse of an Egyptian mummy. A man who went on an Egyptian expedition has gone missing, along with a priceless diadem he found in his excavations, and someone who looks like Anubis has been stalking the other members of the expedition. It’s an unoriginal plot, but it creates just enough mystery to push the story forward through various adventures, action scenes, and, of course, a lot of dick jokes.
This book mostly follows the formula of the previous two, so expect more of the same: stereotypically up-tight British people; unreasonably modern and liberated British people; a few good jokes; a little bit of detective work; and a ridiculous amount of sexual tension between the two main protagonists. The good news is that the formula works, and if anything, it works even better in this book as the characters (both the two main protagonists, and all their various friends and connections) are now well-established, which allows the story to develop them more deeply.
Onto the 4th book!
