Nellie is becoming more adept at tracking Cahills, namely Amy and Dan. She's been hurt by Ian and Alistair and wonders if she'll ever stop being taken in and used by selfish people who act friendly.Ĭharacters are beginning to grow and change too. Amy is troubled by her inability to judge character. When a salesman in a room filled with spangled belly dancing outfits asks, 'You are looking for lovely costume?' Dan responds, 'Not my color! But thanks!' Later he says they should check Queen Neferfarty's tomb for a clue. And the mysterious Madrigals finally make an appearance.ĭan is as funny as ever. They run into Irina Spasky and Jonah Wizard again and meet an old friend of Grace named Hilary Vale. There are more museums - to Amy's delight and Dan's chagrin - and even the darkest depths of an ancient tomb. The nonstop action takes them to an Ekaterina stronghold and an alligator infested island on the Nile. Yes, the action starts immediately and continues right up to the destruction described on the last page. But what are spices and kitschy souvenirs compared with an ancient Sakhet, the clue that led them to Cairo, in a shop window and an old nemesis nearly killing Dan on page two? Amy and Dan's au pair, Nellie, is bargaining for spices in the marketplace, Dan is distracted by King Tut pencil sharpeners and mummy shaped flashlights, and Amy is trying desperately not to lose either person. Egypt.Ĭairo is where author Jude Watson picks up the Cahills' story.

'This lassie is about to pass out.After Dan and Amy successfully send Ian and Natalie Kabra clue hunting in Kyrgyzstan and witness the 'death' of a rival, they learned the location of their next clue. 'So I said, 'You know what ye lads and lassies need in Scotland? Bagels! To go with!' 'Whoa,' they said, 'lassie, ye canna be serious, that is one orrrig-in-al guid idea.'' '-and they were all, 'Aye, lassie, we dew, ye ken our bonny fish, ye dew!'' Nellie said in a terrible Scottish accent. 'I met this couple from Scotland, and I was all, whoa, you have some delish smoked salmon in your excellent country.'Īmy raised the window carefully, not making a sound.

'That pool is so fine,' she said, as if she'd never been interrupted.

Nellie turned off the shower and they all returned to the main room. When it comes to nonstop chat, I'm the champ,' Nellie agreed. We've thought a lot about this, and we think you have the necessary skills,' Dan said. 'Whoever it is, he or she is probably nearby.' “We need you to go out there and cover for us while we search for whoever's bugging us,' Amy said.

Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson