Death stalks London and the newspapers proclaim that a mummy's curse has been unleashed.Sir Maurice Newbury is drawn into a web of occult intrigue as he attempts to solve themurders. And he soon finds himself on the trail of a rogue agent - a man who died to bereborn as a living weapon.Meanwhile, Newbury's able assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, has her own mystery tounravel. Young women are going missing...