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Lady Justice And The Pharaoh's Curse (2000)

by Robert Thornhill(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Humor

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Lady Justice

review 1: Reviewed by Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite.“Lady Justice and the Pharaoh’s Curse” by Robert Thornhill offers another excellent entry to the “Lady Justice” series of comedic mysteries. Walt, Ox and the whole gang are back to help resolve a growing number of unusual murders, with an apparent connection to a theft from the travelling “King Tut” exhibit on loan from Egypt. When Walt and Ox are both arrested for one of the murders, things get really dicey. Whoever set up the dynamic duo seemed to cover every base, with all the evidence pointing directly to the pair. Their future was in the hands of a single defense attorney, but she was very good at her job; was she good enough? Historical facts are liberally sprinkled throughout this book, as is generally the ... morecase with Thornhill’s work. “Pharaoh’s Curse” includes a nice bonus: a link to relevant and fascinating information about the boy king. Don’t skip the link.“Lady Justice and the Pharaoh’s Curse” is his latest release, but it seems each successive story is better than the previous stories. I don’t know how he could get any better than he already was, but he must have found a way. “Pharaoh’s Curse” is a great story on several levels. The comedic factor is witty and befitting the various characters involved. The murder mystery is well established, well written, and very deeply cloaked in a well-designed mesh of convoluted clues. The police procedural aspect of the story is reasonable and quite believable. Finally, the historically accurate bits are fascinating and add punch to the story. Thornhill’s “Lady Justice” series was great to begin with, but each successive episode makes the series even better than before. You won’t want to miss “The Pharaoh’s Curse”.
review 2: Curses or coincidences? Whichever one, it doesn't ultimately matter when murder after murder pile up under the watch of Officer Walt Williams and his partner, Ox Wilson. What does matter to his boss, Captain Short, is that they stop them and find out who's killing who, and why. Walt thinks back to the curse that almost killed him and his new bride, Maggie, in Hawaii (Lady Justice Gets Lei'd) and knows that dead is dead, no matter the reason! This time, it also almost lands him and Ox in prison for the dastardly deeds, as they are near-perfectly framed by the killers. Will Lady Justice come to their rescue? When the touring exhibit, "Discovery of King Tut", a recreation of the opening of the tomb of the Egyptian boy King Tutankhamun by Howard Carter in 1922, selected Kansas City, MO's Union Station as its premiere location for North America after touring Europe since 2008, it was widely advertised as being a replica, the original artifacts remaining under glass in a museum in Cairo. However, in Thornhill's story, a relative of the artisan that created the artificial Anubis who guarded the tomb, actually had the dog's cavity filled with rare and precious gems and metals. What follows is the mayhem created from the lust for riches. Thornhill leads us along a twisting path of murders and deceptions by those who didn't start out innately evil, but who fall victim to sin of greed. When all is done, the reader has to wonder, was it the curse of the pharaoh's tomb extended to modern-day Kansas City, or just the natural playing out of man's struggle to remain honest when faced with so much wealth. As usual, Thornhill does a good job of integrating his cast of seniors willing to help him catch the bad guys, corny jokes by Jerry the Joker, and some word pictures of Bernice that disturb Walt and probably the reader. It's topical, possible, and humorous...all the ingredients of a decent mystery cozy. If you are a fan of Thornhill, then this newest addition to his collection will please you. Grab a glass of something cold, sit out on the deck in the warm sun, and enjoy an afternoon reading Walt's latest adventure! less

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