'mysteries'

Egyptology

Tues, Feb 3 @ 5:30 pm

Grades K-5 // Get hands on in Ancient Egypt! Take a trip into Ancient Egypt to explore pyramids, excavate mummies, flood the Nile delta and more! 

Egyptian myths

by Menzies, Jean

J NF MYTH Egyptian DK 2022

Delve into a world of monstrous creatures, magical spells, and warring gods in this thrilling compendium of ancient Egyptian myths. With 20 exciting tales alongside fascinating historical information, this is a must-have introduction for young readers interested in one of the world's great early civilizations.

Egypt's Fire

by Tom Phillips 

Junior PHILLIPS 

Twelve-year-old John Boarhog makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything, he can get his hands on and explores the artifacts after-hours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby, the highlight of the museum’s new exhibit, goes missing, John is accused of the crime. 

The taste of Egypt

by Dyna Eldaief 

641.5656 ELDAIEF 

Combining mouthwatering recipes with a fresh, contemporary design, The Taste of Egypt brings the sophisticated colors and flavors of Egyptian and Middle Eastern cuisine to the modern home kitchen in unpretentious, down-to-earth style. Impress your dinner guests with sublime appetizers such as stuffed-vine leaves and roast eggplant dip.   

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie 

Mystery CHRISTIE Poirot v.17
also in CD and e-audio

The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Yet in this exotic setting’ nothing is ever quite what it seems… 

Find more Egypt history and culture and Egypt-inspired stories in our catalog!

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I LOVE mysteries. I was practically raised on them. I started with Aunt Eater Solves a Mystery and Nate the Great then went from Encyclopedia Brown to Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and then straight to the loving embrace of Agatha Christie.

I do still love to have Miss Marple and Poirot as my detective companions, these days, I am often on the lookout for something a little different. So, in no particular order, here are a few unconventional mysteries I’ve enjoyed lately.

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1
by Martha Wells

SCIENCE FICTION // All Systems Red is the first in a series of novellas by Martha Wells starring…..Murderbot, a self-named security android with a hacked governor unit. You might think that this would be a gory, violent redemption of robots story, but you’d be wrong. Murderbot just wants to be left alone to watch his shows, but the human scientists he’s been hired to protect keep getting almost killed, Murderbot knows they’ve been set up. Each Murderbot novella features Murderbot begrudgingly solving a mystery to save his human companions.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Flavia de Luce #1
by Alan Bradley

MYSTERY // Also in e-book // Alan Bradley’s mysteries feature the aspiring young chemist with a penchant for poisons, Flavia de Luce. Flavia lives in Buckshaw, a once grand mansion, with her father, two sisters, and a few servants. When she finds a dead body in the cucumber patch, rather than been frightened, Flavia perks up and begins investigating: “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.”

Magic for Liars

by Sarah Gailey

SCIENCE FICTION // Imagine the Harry Potter mashed up with Sam Spade, and you’d come close to the feel of Magic For Liars. Ivy Gamble is happy with her life. She lives alone and works, mostly successfully, as a private investigator, but trouble comes calling in the form of her estranged sister: a magically gifted professor at a school for magical children. One of the faculty members of Osthorne Academy for Young Mages has been gruesomely murdered and Ivy, who has knowledge of the magical world AND solving mysteries, is the only one fit for the case.

Honorable Mentions

1. The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
   A police detective investigates a murder as the world is ending.
2. The Verifiers by Jane Pek
   FICTION // A client of a private investigation company that investigates if your dating app match is lying to you is murdered.
3. The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
   E-audiobook only // A girl poses as a man to investigate the mysterious disappearance of young girls on the island of Jeju, set in 15th century Korea.
4. Powers by Brian Michael Bendis
   GRAPHIC NOVEL // A graphic novel series about cops investigating the murders of superheroes.