City of the Muse by Kate Hilton (Paperback)

City of the Muse is a dual-timeline novel by Kate Hilton about a mysterious death at an archaeological dig. In Egypt in 1903, papyrologist Helen Gardiner takes over cataloguing thousands of papyrus fragments in the ancient city of Calliopolis after her predecessor vanishes under strange circumstances. In the present day, a young female researcher sets out to learn who killed Helen, uncovering a century-old mystery tied to a city said to be cursed.