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A long-lost, pulp horror classic, written by noir master Ledru Baker Jr. A greedy grave robber travels to Cairo in search of rare artifacts he can sell to museums. A chance meeting with a colorful old Egyptologist and his beautiful daughter leads him on a quest to unearth the cursed tomb of Queen Hetepheres and her legendary fortune in jewels. But what he finds is pure horror. Also known as The Queen's Bedchamber, this novella was originally published in the August 1957 issue of Boris Karloff's Tales of the Frightened.

She opened the door to love... and death walked in. He looked at the woman, slim and beautiful, the woman he'd been hired to ruin. Then he saw her haunted eyes and fell in love. After that, it was the two of them together in a merry-go-round of hate and fear... and murder. A crime lord strong-arms Jack Griffith, a struggling musician, into spying on his wife Mardi, who he suspects is cheating on him...but things go very wrong when Jack falls for her himself. This book was adapted into the 1990 Canadian TV movie Frame Up Blues aka Le Danse du Scorpion .