Fiona Davis is the \;New York Times&nb sp\;bestselling author of several novels\, including \;The Spectacular \, \;The Magnolia Palace\, and \;The Lions of Fifth Avenue\, which was a \;Good Morning America \;book club pick. She's a graduate o f the Columbia Journalism School and is based in New York City.
\nAb out \;The Stolen Queen: \;An utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City&rsquo\;s most glamorous party to the lab yrinth streets of Cairo and back. \;Egypt\, 1936: When anthropology st udent Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig i n Egypt&rsquo\;s Valley of the Kings\, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. \;New York City\, 1978: Ninete en-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to wor k for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland\, who&rsquo\;s in the mid st of organizing the famous Met Gala\, hosted at the museum and known acro ss the city as the &ldquo\;party of the year.&rdquo\; \;Meanwhile\, Ch arlotte is now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met&rs quo\;s celebrated Department of Egyptian Art. She&rsquo\;s consumed by her research on Hathorkare&mdash\;a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most oth er Egyptologists as unimportant. \;The night of the gala: One of the E gyptian art collection&rsquo\;s most valuable artifacts goes missing\, and there are signs Hathorkare&rsquo\;s legendary curse might be reawakening. Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity\, and a d esperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she&rsq uo\;d never return: Egypt. But if they have any hope of finding the artifa ct\, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past&mdash\;which m ay mean leading them both directly into danger.
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