Egyptian Enigma by L.J.M Owen

Egyptian Enigma

By L.J.M Owen

Published By: Echo/Bonnier Publishing Australia

Publish Date: March 1, 2018

Bookies Rating: 📖📖📖.5 / 5

// I received this ARC from #netgalley for free in return for an honest review //

Egyptian Enigma is the third installment of the Dr. Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth series. The story follows Dr. Pimms (Elizabeth) as she visits Egypt only to find something doesn't seem right in the Cairo Museum as she studies the display of one of the mummies and its corresponding papyrus. While in Egypt, Elizabeth's journal is stolen for an unknown reason and Elizabeth wonders what she has gotten herself into. As she returns home, she meets with her fellow colleagues and they begin to unravel the mystery of the suspicious papyrus and The Golden Tomb. They learn of Egyptian royal murder and also find that their work can bring unwanted consequences for Elizabeth's own family. 

Egypt?! Archaeology?! Mystery?! There are few other strings of words that could make me want to read a book more than these. The archaeologist/historian/book nerd in me was screaming to get access to this upcoming book. Owen does a great job of weaving historical facts with the mystery without making the facts sound boring. I actually found myself enjoying reading about the royal families and the history aspects more than the majority of the modern aspect of the story. I wish I could have liked the overall story more, however it was very hard to do so. I don't know if it is a product of not reading the previous two stories, but I didn't feel like I could connect to any of the characters other than Elizabeth and even that was hard. It was hard to figure out where the author was trying to go. 

The entire book I was wondering why her journal was stolen, why her grandfather was attacked and why I needed to know anything about her tutoring at the college. I felt as if there were too many questions and not enough answers. Having loose ends that tie into the next book is fine, but it is my opinion that through the book you have to at least give the reader some hints or clues to major events before the end of the book. But for the flaws (and every book has them), it was a neat little book that spoke to my inner history buff. I did enjoy the science that the group used in order to solve the mystery and I was often reminded of Bones, the TV show, which I am a huge fan of. I'm hoping to snag the previous two books and will keep an eye out for the next. I'm happy I had access to this one. Thanks NetGalley!