What the River Knows

The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows,Isabel Iba├▒ez’s lushimmersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventurea rivals-to-lovers romanceand a dangerous race. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Airesand like the rest of the worldthe town is steeped in old world magic thatΓÇÖs been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might wantexcept for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parentsΓÇöwho frequently leave her behind. When she receives word of their tragic deathsInez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardianan archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answersInez sails to Cairobringing her sketch pads and a golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrivalthe old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers thereΓÇÖs more to her parentΓÇÖs disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe. With her guardianΓÇÖs infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turnInez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parentΓÇÖs disappearanceΓÇöor risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her. What the River Knows is the first book in the thrilling Secrets of the Nile duology. \