Death stalks London and the newspapers proclaim that a mummy's curse has been unleashed. Sir Maurice Newbury is drawn into a web of occult intrigue as he attempts to solve the murders. And he soon finds himself on the trail of a rogue agent – a man who died to be reborn as a living weapon. Meanwhile, Newbury's able assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, has her own mystery to unravel. Young women are going missing...