Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick, 310 pages

Jocelyn Shore is a divorced, high school teacher, on her dream vacation to Egypt. Little did she expect to have one of the tour members die at the base of one the pyramids. Millie was a nosy, pushy, annoying woman, but she didn't deserve to die. When it turns out to be murder, Jocelyn starts to look at the other members of the tour. Someone isn't who they appear to be, but can Jocelyn find out in time?
I've dreamed about going to Egypt, so Jocelyn was a character that I could really relate to. This was a fun mystery, with a great plot. I'm eager to see what mess Jocelyn lands in next.

Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff by Rosemary Mahoney, 273 pages

MSSU has chosen Egypt as their next country and Rosemary Mahoney is the author who is coming to do an author talk. She spent 3 days rowing down the Nile by herself and this book features her adventures. More of the book is spent on her trying to buy a book than on her actual rowing time but it's an interesting look at Egypt. It's amazing how different their culture treats women, and how foreign women are treated not as women but a different being completely. I have dreamed about traveling to Egypt for years but I'm not sure if I would be comfortable going on my own after reading this. I look forward to the Egypt semester at MSSU and getting to listen to Rosemary talk about her time in Egypt.