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From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis comes a historical adventure that will take you from the most glamorous party in New York City to the labyrinthine streets of Cairo and back again.
Egypt, 1936: Young Charlotte Cross, an archaeology student, miraculously finds an ancient jewel—everything—during an expedition to the Valley of the Kings, unaware that a catastrophe lies ahead that will change her entire life.
New York, 1978: Eighteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is offered a job working for the famous Vogue editor and fashion icon Diana Vreeland. She is the one who is organizing the Met Gala, New York’s most famous fashion event with the participation of world stars, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and known as the “party of the year.”
Charlotte, now the museum's assistant curator of Egyptian art, isn't particularly interested in the party. Her only passion is the fate of Hathorkare, a forgotten female pharaoh who has been neglected by most Egyptologists. But a gala night changes everything when the most valuable artifact goes missing. And it seems that Hathorkare's legendary curse is awakened.
Annie and Charlotte must team up to find the stolen artifact. And then they must go to the place Charlotte swore never to return to - Egypt. It is there that they must face demons from the past, a crime in the present, and what threatens the future.
The plot lines are masterfully intertwined, creating a brilliantly thought-out novel that you can't put down.