Huy was once a scribe in the pharaoh's court. But now he's lost his job to palace politics, and been reduced to freelance problem-solving?working, essentially, as the world's first private eye. And that work has to be kept very quiet if he's to avoid attracting the notice of the secret police. Quiet could be tricky, because Huy's latest case shows every indication of becoming extremely high-profile. A serial killer has been stalking wealthy young women in Thebes, and with every clue that Huy uncovers it becomes apparent that the killer is a person of terrifying power and influence.