What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile, Book 1

De: Isabel Ibañez

Narrado por: Ahmed Hamad, Ana Osorio

The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in this lush, immersive historical fantasy, filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.

A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape.

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that's been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns for the most: her globetrotting parents - who frequently leave her behind when they venture off on their exploring adventures.

When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an rchaeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and an ancient golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there's more to her parent's disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe.

With her guardian's infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parent's disappearance-or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her.

©2023 Isabel Ibañez (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Reseñas de la Crítica

'Expertly plotted, explosively adventurous, and burning with romance.' Stephanie Garber

'Phenomenal.' Mary E. Pearson

'Luminous.' Rebecca Ross

Highly irritating female lead

Too much Latin American family melodrama which gets more and more ridiculous as the story moves on. Female lead seems to go out of her way to do the most selfish, stupid things possible and for some reason people like her / she thinks it’s ok? It’s slightly mind boggling. Also not helped by the delivery of the voice actor whose British accent for the male lead makes him sound like a bizarre cockney (despite supposedly being aristocratic).