- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Printing edition (1 Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074325080X
- ISBN-13: 978-0743250801
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,117,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hard-boiled ancient Egyptian Detective,
By gilly8 "gilly8" (Mars, the hotspot of the U.S.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
(Not to be confused with "The Season of the Hyaenas" by PC Doherty. Hyenas in ancient Egypt refer to war/ turmoil.)
This is another ancient Egyptian mystery/detective book, fairly good. It is set during the reign of Ramses III, and has to do with an (I believe actual) plot on his life. It has a sequel, "Day of the False King." One thing I didn't like was that I felt as if it really could have taken place anywhere, at any time, and the author just occasionally remembered to have the charecters refer to appropriage gods or food or clothing. There was no real sense of "being there." But as a detective story it was a quick fun read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing Special,
By Miran Ali "I don't like anonymous reviewers" (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
Booze sodden, maverick, straight talking, errant detective brought into the case by his straight laced, hen pecked, social climbing brother investigates the murder of a priestess. Gradually unravelling a great conspiracy. After much dead ends and attempts to do him away, our intrepid detective does exactly what you'd except him to do and walks off into the sunset for his next adventure.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Geagley's novel is no laughing matter!,
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This review is from: Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
Historical mysteries generally find a soft spot in my reading-they are great diversions. The Egyptian historical mystery genre already has at least three excellent authors with their own excellent series and now Brad Geagley had debuted with what promises to be another exciting series of the Old World.In "Year of the Hyenas" Geagley presents Semerket, an anti-hero before his time,which happens to be 1153 BC! He's an investigator all right, but an unlikely one. A boozer, Semeket has some good credentials in the investigating business, but drink and women have taken their toll and "down and out" probably best describes him. Still, he's a character that we have no trouble respecting, once the story gets going. It's a murder investigation. A priestess has been found dead and with all the political, religious, social, and economic issues involved, actually the authorities really aren't interested in having the facts uncovered, much less an actual conviction. But "conviction" is what Semerket is about and, naturally, as the story unfolds, we find the usual stumbling blocks and obstacles, all of which Semerket is eventually able to negotiate. Geagley avoids being "too factual" and presents a fast moving-and actually delightful-read.
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