The Egyptologist

Title The Egyptologist Author Arthur Phillips Call Number PS3616.H45 E45 2014 Location 2nd Floor Humanities Rating Highly Recommended Book Review This novel is an unfolding mystery about what happened to an Egyptologist and a missing Australian soldier, set in the 1920s. The tone was very funny, and the set-up was clever, introducing hints of the mysteries at the very beginning of the book. The Egyptologist was an interesting character, who made reading the book fun. I appreciated the twists, as can be expected in a mystery, that were not explicitly spelled out. However, the character of the detective was a little dull, and the pacing got very slow in parts. Submitted By Laura Neis Department or Major Anderson Center for Economic Research Status Staff Chapman Email lneis@chapman.edu