Mummy Dearest

Summary

Claire Malloy—Arkansas booksellerand widowed mother—after a long courtship has finally said “I do” to her swain,Lieutenant Peter Rosen. Now they are on their honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt. Thatis, Claire is on her honeymoon—accompanied by Caron, her teenaged daughter, andInez, Caron’s best friend and frequent partner in adventure. Peter is mostlyaway on various mysterious consultations with equally mysterious governmentagencies for his new mysterious job. Claire is intent on a quiet, uneventfulhoneymoon, but things go from bucolic to creepy, when Caron and Inez are chasedthrough darkened deserted alleys, by persons unknown, and a student of theiracquaintance is kidnapped by two young men on horseback in a scene reminiscentof a Valentino film. Something is clearly afoot in this tourist paradise, andClaire will stop at nothing to find out what it is.