Drinker of Blood

This book should be where the Lord Meren series takes off, because this is where he starts getting very close to finding out who killed Nefertiti. The murder mystery of Nefertiti has been an underlying plot weaving through all the books, percolating in the background during Meren's various other investigations. The young pharaoh Tutankhamen is especially driven to figure out what happened to her, as she was like a mother to him. The emotional stakes are high, the suspense has been building through the whole series... so why does this book seem so darn pallid compared to its predecessors? It just isn't engaging at all. The writing itself seems about twice as formulaic as usual and certain things are repeated more than they need to be. show more Could have been much better. show less

Amid the ongoing and disturbingly hushed investigation of the murder of Queen Nefertiti, the pharaoh's trusted advisor Lord Meren is suddenly called away to investigate the bizarre death of the pharaoh's favorite groom, Senna. Although three men have already been implicated, Meren senses a greater evil at work, but when his personal honour is compromised by court intrigue and a botched raid against Libyan border bandits, Meren is sentenced to death....

Lord Meren is conspired against while continuing investigation of Nefertiti's death, flashbacks to life of Queen

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Tijdens het lopende en angstwekkend stilgehouden onderzoek naar de moord op koningin Nefertete, wordt de vertrouwde raadgever van de farao, Heer Meren, plotseling weggeroepen om de bizarre dood te onderzoeken van Senna, het favoriete kamermeisje van de farao. Hoewel er al drie mensen bij haar dood betrokken schijnen te zijn, voelt Meren dat er een groter kwaad aan het werk is. Maar wanneer zijn persoonlijke eer in het geding is door hofintriges en een mislukte aanval op Lybische bandieten aan de grens, wordt Meren ter dood veroordeeld. In een heftige politieke strijd om zijn leven te redden - en zijn goede naam - wil Meren tot elke prijs aan de weet komen wie de vijanden zijn die zijn positie aan het hof ondermijnen.