Pharaohs' tombs. Ancient myths. Modern-day murder.
Dr. Hope Sze doesn't need a free trip to Egypt.
She can't afford the flight to Cairo, or the cruise down the Nile, so she'd keep studying in Canada—except her fiancé, Dr. John Tucker, yearns to patrol the pyramids and confront the curse on King Tutankhamun's tomb.
So when a company offers them both a free stay in Cairo in exchange for a month's work in an emergency department, Tucker lobbies for a pre-honeymoon in the Valley of Kings and Queens, investigating the windswept temple of Hatshepsut, or scuba diving in the Red Sea.
Instead, within 90 minutes of arrival, Hope drops to her knees outside the Grand Egyptian Museum, desperate to save a now-comatose 87-year-old Johannesburg man who'd raved about Kruger and treasure after receiving a nail through his skull.
Hope usually ignores the ranting triggered by a severe head injury, but Tucker fixates on their one chance at the legendary Kruger Millions, a rumoured fortune that many believe lies secretly stowed somewhere in South Africa.
Since Tucker and Hope's combined student debt load totals almost half a million dollars, Tucker can't pass up the possibility of $500,000,000 in buried gold.
Hope launches into her first mystery based in a birthplace of human civilization.
Where the evil god Set battled righteous Horus and Isis in an 80-year war.
Where the Christian Messiah took shelter.
Where Antony fell in love with Cleopatra.
Where unimaginable wealth and power clash with political revolution.
Where Hope and Tucker must outwit, or fall prey, to a ruthless criminal mastermind.
"I awaited this Hope Sze whodunit with anticipation. Scorpion Scheme exceeded my expectations, bursting with murder, medicine, and mythology. A day full of Hope is a day full of adventure!" -Dr. Mamta Gautam, author of Irondoc
"ER meets Homeland in a frenetic Egyptian adventure. Melissa Yi's Dr. Hope Sze turns her medical crimefighting into an international incident. Terrorism, tombs, sarcasm, and sex." Dr. Frank Warsh, author of Hippocrates: the Art and the Oath
Praise for the Hope Sze series
#1 Mystery Selection—CBC Books. Recommended authors also include Louise Penny and Maureen Jennings
One of the best Canadian suspense books—The Globe and Mail, selected by Margaret Cannon
"Entertaining and insightful."—Publishers Weekly
"Smart and sassy." —Jim Napier, Reviewing the Evidence
"A masterful storyteller." —Judy Penz Sheluk, author of the Marketville Mystery series
"Compelling ... Captivated from the start ... Days later, I continue to shake my head in amazement ... "—Joanne Guidoccio, author of the Gilda Greco Mystery Series
"Drawing on her personal experiences in the ER in Canada, Yi has created medical thrillers that shine with authenticity and are impossible to put down."—Kris Nelscott, New York Times bestseller
