In the "pyramids" of Mazghunah - mounds of rubble in the midst of nowhere, nothing seems worthy of interest. When an antiquities dealer is murdered in Cairo and the suspect turns up in Mazghunah, Amelia can't resist following his trail. There's a mysterious scrap of papyrus and a missing mummy case to investigate while she keeps at least one eye on their precocious son Ramses and his Egyptian cat.