The Jackal's Head by Peters, Elizabeth - 1968

New York: Meredith Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows chipping and light creasing, short tears, 3" tear down back fore edge. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Red cloth covered boards are bright and tight. ; 7.90 X 5.40 X 1.10 inches; 244 pages; "Althea Tomlinson comes back to Egypt as just another tourist, showing the country to a spoiled seventeen-year-old. That's what she tells herself, anyway. Really, though, what drives her is a desire to discover the truth behind her father's disgrace and subsequent death.That she knows something is unquestionable. But what? Finding out will clear her father's name, certainly. It could also lead to Althea's death... because the secret is centuries old - as old as the treasure of Nefertiti." This is set later in history than the books of the Amelia Peabody series and are connected only by the theme. .