Laura Bow starts her career as a reporter with a big case, the robbery of the dagger of Amon Ra, which has recently disappeared from the Leyendecker museum. But things take an unexpected twist when she finds herself trapped in the museum at the same time an unknown murderers starts a killing spree.

"Buy it, or we'll have to kill you." So went the ads for the second and final game from Sierra On-Line to feature super sleuth Laura Bow. The Dagger of Amon Ra is a complex, mysterious and often humorous murder mystery set in the Big Apple during the roaring 20's.