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In this book, we are taken behind the scenes of New York’s most magnificent and mysterious recesses of both the Metropolitan Museum of Arts and The American Museum of Natural History. A large and controversial new exhibit is set to combine the resources of both organizations, but has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite. Assistant DA Alex Cooper is off duty for the evening, until the director of the Met informs her of the body of a young researcher that has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with officers Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, they set out to investigate. Somewhere, in one of these great cultural centers, a killer may wait.

I completely enjoyed this procedural mystery, as I have each installment of this series. This is her fifth novel, but only my fourth read in this series. I don’t know why I wait so long between them � having read “Cold Hit� in May of 2003 � because I’ve found each book to be very atmospheric in its real-world detail, and the characters are fabulously fleshed-out and empathetic (I am completely taken with Mike and his NY-style, snarky wit). I do know that I’m glad I took the opportunity to reaquaint myself with Alex Cooper and her world, and I won’t wait so long before I join her again