Editing Roberta Williams' Laura Bow in: The Dagger of Amon Ra (section)

==Story==
The game is set in 1926, primarily in a museum, and reflects the [[Egyptology]] craze of the period.  The [[protagonist]] is Laura Bow (a pun on [[Clara Bow]]), a Southern [[belle]] who has just graduated from [[Tulane University]] and moved to [[New York City]], where she has landed a job at a prestigious newspaper. For her first assignment, she is asked to write a straightforward, lightweight story on a benefit held at a local museum to celebrate their new Egyptian exhibit. When a murder occurs during the party, however, she is locked inside with all of the other suspects. As other guests begin dying one by one, Laura must solve the numerous crimes occurring before the culprits escape or kill her.

The Laura Bow games were distinctive in that they required some actual logical detective work on the part of the player; for the most part, though, the puzzles were of the typical variety of inventory and environment interaction (and frequent, often unexpected, [[player character]] death) found in most Sierra adventures.

The identity of the murderer is ''not'' automatically revealed at the end of the game. Instead, the player is asked a series of a questions, ostensibly by the police, to prove that Laura had solved the crimes and discovered the secrets of the other suspects. If the questions are answered incorrectly, the coroner will give a hint to point the player towards the path that would have revealed the correct answer in subsequent playing of the games. The ending of the game can change depending on the answers given to the questions, most notably in that Laura can be killed if the player doesn't know the identity of the main murderer. Some fans{{Who|date=April 2009}} have complained about this approach, since it can require replaying the game from nearly the beginning to reach the optimal ending; while others{{Who|date=April 2010}} believe it makes game play more interesting and challenging.