The Book of the Dead

When an archivist is murdered in the Great Library of Alexandria, the Roman Prefect of Egypt persuades his Egyptian Doctor, Kaires, to join the scholarly group of suspects on a research trip down the Nile. As the boat glides past the cities of the Delta on its way to the Pyramids, other murders occur before a deadly secret involving unimaginable wealth is uncovered - but can Kaires solve the mystery before he himself becomes a victim?