*A New York Times Bestseller*
From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’ s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.
Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’ s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes.
New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’ s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “ party of the year. ”
Meanwhile, Charlotte is now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met’ s celebrated Department of Egyptian Art. She’ s consumed by her research on Hathorkare— a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists as unimportant.
The night of the gala: One of the Egyptian art collection’ s most valuable artifacts goes missing, and there are signs Hathorkare’ s legendary curse might be reawakening. Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, and a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she’ d never return: Egypt. But if they have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past— which may mean leading them both directly into danger.
