All That Glitters…..
Lauren has an unusual profession for a woman in the 1920’s because she works as an assistant curator at a famous museum. All her life, her father used his work on Egyptian archeological digs as an excuse to keep away from her mother and herself. Christmas and birthdays were ignored by him. Even when her mother was dying, he didn’t make time for them.
Suddenly, her past pops up in her life, first in the form of Joe. Although he had been her constant companion when they were children, they have not seen each other for years. Now he is a busy police detective trying to find out why his best friend and work partner went bad. He also needs to identify Egyptian forgeries, and asks Lauren for help.
The second part of her past to resurface is her father. He wants to have a relationship with her, and invites her to go on an Egyptian dig. As Lauren slowly allows her dad back in her life, red flags start appearing about him. When Lauren confronts her dad, he always has a good excuse.
In the meantime, things have started heating up in the forgery search, and with her relationship with Joe. Just as they are closing in on the ones involved, her dad’s name starts coming up. He can’t be involved, can he? That would mean he had used Lauren to further himself. Can he be that cold and calculating? Will they find the real person behind it all and clear her dad?
I enjoyed reading about the character’s faith. This exciting story has lots of red herrings, and will make you will feel like it is the 1920’s, and part of the Egyptian craze sweeping the nation–it was so far reaching that my midwestern mom, a child then, named her dog King Tut!
I recommend this five-star book to those who like mysteries, Egyptian history, or good clean stories.
Thank you, Bethany House for providing Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, The Metropolitan Affair, for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner. All opinions expressed are my own, and I was not required, or influenced, to give anything but an honest appraisal. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
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