Is this book part of a series?

This novel is the first installment in the Secrets of the Nile duology, which concludes with the sequel titled Where the Library Hides.

Does the book contain any visual elements?

The physical edition includes black-and-white illustrations throughout the text and features colored endpapers.

What the River Knows

Adventure Mystery

Pages: 417
Published: 2023
Language: English

Inez Olivera has grown up wanting for nothing except her globetrotting parents' presence — until word arrives of their deaths in Egypt, leaving her a fortune and a reluctant guardian she barely knows. Chasing answers to Cairo with her sketchbook and a ring her father entrusted to her, Inez discovers that old magic bound to the ring is pulling her toward a truth about her parents' disappearance that her guardian never intended her to find.

Set in nineteenth-century Buenos Aires and Cairo and steeped in old-world magic, Isabel Ibañez's Secrets of the Nile opener pairs a dangerous race against time with a rivals-to-lovers romance.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Adventurous Romantic Mysterious

Rivals Quest

Isabel Ibañez

Isabel Ibañez is a Bolivian American author born in Boca Raton, Florida, to Bolivian immigrant parents who raised her speaking Spanish at home to preserve her heritage. Before writing full time she worked as a graphic designer and letterpress printer, founding 9th Letter Press in 2013. She now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Her debut, Woven in Moonlight, a political fantasy inspired by Bolivian history, was a William C. Morris Award finalist; she has since written What the River Knows and T...

Inez OliveraProtagonist

A Bolivian-Argentinian heiress who travels to Cairo after her parents' deaths.

Whitford HayesSupporting

A disillusioned British ex-soldier working as Inez's uncle's assistant in Cairo; becomes her rivals-to-lovers love interest.

Tío RicardoSupporting

Inez's archaeologist uncle, who becomes her legal guardian after her parents' deaths and is searching for Cleopatra's tomb while hiding his own secrets.

All characters in What the River Knows

Frequently asked questions

Is this book part of a series?
This novel is the first installment in the Secrets of the Nile duology, which concludes with the sequel titled Where the Library Hides.
Does the book contain any visual elements?
The physical edition includes black-and-white illustrations throughout the text and features colored endpapers.