Alexandra Fry, Private Eye: Tutankhamun's Gift

Alexandra Fry, Private Eye #2

by Angella Graff

Now an 8th grader and the senior of Sage Brush Middle School, Alexandra Fry is looking forward to having a nice, calm, mystery-free year. But her hopes are dashed when she's visited by none other than the famous boy Pharaoh, Tutankhamun who has a very special request: to find the carved jade crocodile that once belonged to the mummy of his unborn child. With a fight brewing between Alexandra and her two best friends, Penelope and Jack, this case won't be as easy as it seems.

New friends, a first crush, and a new threat from the spirit world, Alexandra must use everything she's learned to uncover the mysteries in this case. Who is the bad guy this time? Who can she trust? And above all, what is the Shadow Man?

It's up to Alexandra, her friends, and possible new allies to save the day in the thrilling new tale of Alexandra Fry, Private Eye.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2014

About the author

Angella Graff was born and raised in the desert city of Tucson, Arizona. She married and became a mother very young, and after getting started with her family, began her University studies where she found her passion for creative writing, history and theology.

She now resides in Tucson with her husband, three children, one dog, and four cats. When not writing, Angella works as an editor and maintains a small shop on etsy.

Reviews

[Peggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

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First time reading from this author. And she did a great job delivering the story in her work! This is a great book with a little mystery and paranormal for kids and well just for anyone who wants to take the time out from your normal adult read and enjoy a great story of the younger age. A great read for pre teens and teens. There are twist and turns to keep anyone interested!

[Joey Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having read the first book when it was first released, I was desperate to be able to read more of Alexandra's story and I was not disappointed. Angella Graff has a great way of starting a book, keeping you interested in the middle and does not skimp on the ending either. A great YA book for those who love all things supernatural and also love a good mystery!

[T.E. Shepherd · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sequel to Angella Graff's wonderful adventure-thriller, Alexandra Fry: the Curse of the Lion's Heart, a story that introduced us to our teenage heroine who can see ghosts, battles villains in Indiana Jones-style, and solves crimes like a private eye.

There's a twist, as all good books in this genre have, but whereas the first book was what I would call a 'little book' - one that is self-contained, and a rollercoaster of adventure that invites you to read it all in one day - this is longer and more leisurely both in actual, physical length and in story with a quest that is by our lead character's own admission important but not urgent.

The relationship that built in the first book between Alexandra and her new friends Penelope and Jack are developed and tested as she she herself matures.

Where this book possibly lacks something is rather than being a self-contained story, this story is going somewhere. It's no bad thing though: the first two Harry Potter books were pretty much self-contained stories, but then wham, from book three we end up on a longer, more deadly story arc. I suspect that something similar might be going to happen to Alexandra Fry, Private Eye.

And I, for one, am going going to enjoy finding out what that story might be...