The curse of the pharaohs

Elizabeth Peters, 1927-2013

Book - 2013

One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

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Subjects
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Mystery fiction
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group [2013]
Language
English
Main Author
Elizabeth Peters, 1927-2013 (author)
Edition
First oversize mass market edition
Item Description
"Originally published in trade paperback by Hachette Book Group. First mass market edition: February 1988. Reissued: October 1992, April 2002. First oversize mass market edition: May 2013"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
374 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN
9781455572366
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Victorian maiden-lady archaeologist Amelia Peabody made a nice little debut in Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975)--but, now wed to scholar-colleague Radcliffe Emerson and the mother of formidable tot Ramses, she's in much better form, starring in a delicious mystery-adventure. The fun begins when Lady Baskerville begs the Emersons to re-open a dig near Luxor where Sir Henry B. died mysteriously--and then his assistant disappeared! So, joining a household near the Egyptian tomb-site, the Emersons size up suspects: hieroglyphics expert Karl Von Bock; US millionaire Cyrus Vandergelt (with designs on the widowed Lady B.); photographer Arthur Milverton (Sir Henry's secret heir); deranged Madame Berengaria, an unlovely lush (with her daughter Mary). And Amelia is scarcely settled in before watchman Hassan is killed, Milverton is attacked, the missing assistant turns up dead, and Madame B. gets hers too. Prolific Peters (a.k.a. Barbara Michaels, she of the occulty gothics) is at her giddy best here--complete with solid archaeological backgrounds, independent-spirited heroine, and inexhaustible high spirits. So, for mystery-comedy fans: an all-frills period charmer. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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