Theft of millions on the Nile
Millionaire robbery on the Nile (original: Easy Go ) is an early (1968) crime novel by Michael Crichton , which he published under the pseudonym John Lange . The translator was Bodo Baumann. Important locations are Cairo and Luxor .
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The Egyptologist Barnaby discovered that a hieroglyphic text contained an encrypted reference to a previously unknown and presumably not plundered pharaoh's tomb . He turns to the bored journalist Pierce. Pierce takes over the running of the company and puts together a small group of accomplices. The nobleman Grover, who takes his beloved on the desert expedition, appears as a patron .
While the group translates hieroglyphs in well-known graves to camouflage during the day and document them photographically, they go on a treasure hunt at night. After months they actually find the intact grave.
Varese, an official of the antiquities administration , uncovered the action, but did not make it public, but blackmailed the group to refrain from the robbery and to officially discover the grave.
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- Easy Go , Signet Books, 1968
- The Last Tomb , Bantam Books, 1974
- Millions robbery on the Nile , Ullstein, 1974, ISBN 3-548-01393-7