The Real Treasure in Cairo

By Kari Kilgore

That Treasure Most Rare

 

April inherits the sad business of sorting out the ghosts of a loved one's life. 

 

Digging into family chaos in the middle of a miserable Midwestern summer.

 

Michele hopes to discover gems tucked into all the clutter. 

 

To rescue artifacts of past glory from a grand city in decline.

 

Will they recognize the treasure they find in each other?

 

An excerpt from The Real Treasure in Cairo:

 

April pulled her spectacular waves of hair back with both hands, but when she let go it popped right back out into the humidified halo.

 

"I found a couple of chest-of-drawers full of socks and underwear. I think whoever cleaned out the house just brought them over here without even looking inside. So now it's my…my freaking problem."

 

Michele laughed and touched April's shoulder.

 

"Our problem. Like I said over the phone, I'm certain we'll find some wonderful things no matter how it looks right now. And the last thing you need to worry about with me is swearing. If we spend any amount of time together, you'll be surprised when you don't hear me let it fly."

 

April grinned and laughed for real this time.

 

"That's a relief. Because I think this is going to be an all-day-swearing kind of job."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spiral Publishing, Ltd
• Release date: Apr 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781386550938

Kari Kilgore

Kari Kilgore started her first published novel Until Death in Transylvania, Romania, and finished it in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, where Stephen King got the idea for The Shining. That’s just one example of how real world inspiration drives her fiction. Kari’s first published novel Until Death was included on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in a First Novel in 2016. It was also a finalist for the Golden Stake Award at the Vampire Arts Festival in 2018. Recent professional short story sales include three to Fiction River anthology magazine, with the first due out in the September issue. Kari also has two stories in a holiday-themed anthology project with Kristine Kathryn Rusch due out over the holidays in 2019. Kari writes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and contemporary fiction, and she’s happiest when she surprises herself. She lives at the end of a long dirt road in the middle of the woods with her husband Jason Adams, various house critters, and wildlife they’re better off not knowing more about. Kari’s novels, novellas, and short stories are available at www.spiralpublishing.net, which also publishes books by Frank Kilgore and Jason Adams. For more information about Kari, upcoming publications, her travels and adventures, and random cool things that catch her attention, visit www.karikilgore.com.

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