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Un hombre aparece muerto en el Museo Egipcio de Nueva York a los pies de Anubis. Junto al cadáver, que ha recibido un fuerte golpe en la cabeza con la estatuilla de Sejmet, la Diosa de la Venganza, hay un valioso sello con el grabado de un escarabajo sagrado. El quinto caso de las aventuras del detective Philo Vance se desarrolla entre la bruma de un ambiente enrarecido por momias, dioses, sarcófagos y amuletos. El caso del asesinato del escarabajo presente un sofisticado reparto de sospechosos: Hani, egipcio defensor de los antiguos faraones y contrario al saqueo de las excavaciones; el doctor Bliss, eminente estudioso del Antiguo Egipto; su joven esposa, Meryt-Amen; Salvater, entusiasta asistente del doctor Bliss y sobrino de Kyle, el hombre que financia las excavaciones; y Scarlett, egiptólogo amigo de Vance que recurre a él para que esclarezca el crimen. Solo sus métodos de deducción psicológica podrán arrojar luz a este nuevo asesinato diabólico3 que conmueve al Nueva York de fina

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'The perfect sleuth for the Jazz Age' Crimereads 'With his highbrow manner and his parade of encyclopaedic learning, Philo Vance is not only a detective; he is a god out of the machine' New York Times 'Probably the most asinine character in detective fiction' Raymond Chandler __________ In one of the most well-known classic American puzzle mysteries, amateur detective Philo Vance must solve a baffling series of murders based on nursery rhymes A series of gruesome murders has left the glittering world of Jazz Age Manhattan in shock. With every new victim, the perpetrator sends a taunting note to the press, simply signed 'The Bishop'. New York's District Attorney turns to the only man who can crack the case: the dapper and brilliant detective Philo Vance. With his razor-sharp intellect and impeccable style, Vance sets out to track down the killer before more lives are lost, and soon uncovers a dark pattern to the murders. As the investigation takes him from the mansions of the city's elite to the seedy underworld of speakeasies and jazz clubs, Vance must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of The Bishop. Will he be able to solve the case in time, or risk becoming the killer's next victim?

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