The Shabti

By Megaera C. Lorenz,

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Book description

Can you flimflam a ghost?

It's 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spiritualism and false mediums while struggling to stay ahead of his ex-business partner and lover who wants him back at any cost. During a demonstration at a college campus, Dashiel meets Hermann Goschalk, an Egyptologist…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Shabti as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This was a fun story with likable main characters (one grumpy, depressed coward trying to do better and one cinnamon roll Jewish Egyptologist).I often couldn't predict what would happen. Despite the horror vibes of an ancient Egyptian spirit, not to mention an unsettling bad guy, the overall feel is quite cozy.

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