After the death of Colonel Caversham the Curator of the Greatorex Museum, Mr Granville Fixby-Smith inherits an Egyptian mummy However, the Coroner, Mr Granville Locombe-Stableford, is not happy - for a body, however ancient, has been moved without his consent, so Detective Inspector Sloan is sent to the museum to sort out the red tape But what none of the three men expect is the sight that befalls them when the coffin lid is raised For inside lies not the remains of the ancient Rodoheptah - but the body of a young woman A young woman who has been dead only a matter of days