Sherlock Holmes Meets Indiana Jones—with a Passport to the Past
Step into John Amos’s globe-trotting mystery novels, where clever detectives chase ancient secrets across Egypt, Syria, and beyond.
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“I love when a book isn’t just entertaining, but also educational. I learned a lot about politics, Egyptian culture, and even American pop in this novel.”
—Chandelier Eden,
reader review
“An enjoyable mystery about two up-and-coming detectives, Petrie and Pettigrew, who take on the case of locating Cleopatra’s tomb.... the right amount of intrigue, mystery, and action.”
—Ms. Moon, reader review
“A tantalizing blend of historical mystery, adventure, and sharp wit…. Amos has crafted a story which expertly balances humor with high-stakes intrigue.”
—Margie Pryzyblski,
Hollywood Book Reviews
“British sensibilities and the romantic longings of English and Middle Eastern literature permeate this action-adventure mystery thriller….
thoughtful and erudite.”
—Kate Robinson,
The US Review of Books
About John
John Amos, Ph.D., J.D. currently practices law and has taught at the university level for 25 years. His academic publications include several books and multiple articles, and he has written four novels: The Student (2022), The Cleopatra Caper (2023), The Case of the Stolen Goddess (2024), and The Bones of the Apostle (2024). He has spent a significant amount of time living in the Middle East, most notably in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, and Turkey, and infuses his fiction with an extensive knowledge and love of Middle Eastern culture and history, making his novels not only entertaining, but exceptionally educational for the adventure and mystery genres.
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