{"product_id":"the-laughter-of-dead-kings-a-vicky-bliss-novel-of-suspense-9780061668289","title":"The Laughter of Dead Kings: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A royal treat....Welcome back, Vicky Bliss!...For readers new to Vicky's sassy and distinctively smart stories, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLaughter of Dead Kings\u003c\/em\u003e will mark the start of a beautiful friendship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTampa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Tribune\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters--author of the thrilling fictional exploits of archaeologist Amelia Peabody in the Land of the Pharaohs--brings back beautiful, brainy art expert and sometime sleuth Vicky Bliss for one last adventure in \u003cem\u003eThe Laughter of Dead Kings.\u003c\/em\u003e The incomparable Peters sends Vicky and her colorful entourage racing across modern-day Egypt to investigate the brazen theft of one the ancient desert land's most priceless treasures. Smart, funny, evocative, and suspenseful, \u003cem\u003eThe Laughter of Dead Kings\u003c\/em\u003e is a fond and fitting farewell to the ever-delightful Vicky...and a superior mystery fit for a King Tutankhamen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeters, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of \u003cem\u003eThe Painted Queen\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317893468434,"sku":"9780061668289","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12a80b13-173f-4f46-a30d-cb9a16861616.jpg?v=1727542305","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-laughter-of-dead-kings-a-vicky-bliss-novel-of-suspense-9780061668289","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}