What the River Knows
*The Mummy meets Death on the Nile* in **What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.** 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 the most: her globetrotting parents―who frequently leave her behind. When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and a 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.
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The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
When her wealthy archaeologist parents are killed near Philae on the Nile in 1884, nineteen-year-old Buenos Aires heiress Inez Olivera takes a steamer to Cairo to find out what happened.
Yes. Isabel Ibanez's Secrets of the Nile duology continues with Where the Library Hides, published in 2024.
It is YA-adjacent with adult crossover appeal. The romance has tension and longing but stays at low to medium spice.
It is YA-adjacent with adult crossover appeal. The romance has tension and longing but stays at low to medium spice.
What the River Knows was written by Isabel Ibanez, published in 2023 by Hodder & Stoughton.
What the River Knows is a standalone novel by Isabel Ibanez, not part of a series.
What the River Knows is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.