“Khamsin” is the word for “50” in Arabic. In Egypt, it is the name given to the annual 50-day spring windstorm.

The khamsin winds of 1983 uncover a reclining megalith, half-visible with its stone-faced guardian through the desert’s swirling sands.

Television journalist Ava Barby finds her work annoyingly predictable. But there’s nothing at all ordinary when she reports the discovery of a pharaoh’s tomb. Surprisingly, the tomb contains no treasure for the pharaoh to use in his afterlife. What happens next will change history.

Did ancient raiders steal the tomb’s treasures or was the theft more recent? In seeking answers, Ava finds herself involved in a mystery that erupts in murder.

The scheme of an ancient despot creates terror with a twist as this enthralling tale is brought to life in Ill Wind in Egypt.

About the Author



Jennifer Anderson is a former foreign correspondent who now lives in Salt Lake City. She is the editor of the World News Forecast, a publication for subscribing news desks around the world. “The Pyramids of Giza tell Egyptians they are a great people. During and after a sojourn there as a television journalist in the 1980s, I felt driven to broadcast the splendor of the country’s venerable culture.” She is now working on her next novel.