 Peters had plotted and written part of the twentieth novel in the series, "The Painted Queen", at the time of her death in 2013.The manuscript was completed by Peters's friend, mystery writer Joan Hess, with assistance from Egyptologist Salma Ikram, and was published in July 2017.It is set in the 1912-13 season, making it the fourteenth of the series in chronological order, and deals with the fallout of Nefret's precipitous marriage in "The Falcon at the Portal".