Amelia Peabody: The Last Camel Died at Noon (Paperback)

from ktleyed

On audio, this (to me) wasn't quite as good as the previous installments in the Amelia Peabody mysteries. Nothing against Barbara Rosenblat, who (as usual) does a fantastic job with narration. She is beyond compare. But in this, Book 6 of the series, the Emersons find themselves in the Sudan this...

from Harmless_Dilettante

Another excellent novel in the Amelia Peabody series: the ever confident Amelia and her explosive spouse take another unlikely detour, this time into lost civilization territory. Once there, they pick up Nefret, a picture and otherwise perfect addition to the recurring cast of characters. I conti...

from dbsovereign

Fun romp in the Egyptian/Sudanese sand that's spliced with stuff about lost civilizations and such. Peabody makes for an implausible but charming detective. There is a bit too much schmaltz at times, and the family thing can strike one as obnoxious after awhile.

from kaulsu

This was a much better developed book than the previous five, but still Peyers doesn't know, it seems, how to move a plot forward rather than in circles. Emerson, Peabody, and even Ramses are simply too good to be true, though of the three I think Ramses the most believable. I don't think these a...

from seasidereader

I was introduced to this series when I received He Shall Thunder in the Sky as part of my registration packet, complementary from publisher, at a Bouchercon (annual mystery conference), and was immediately hooked. Since then I have backtracked and read, mostly listened to, the books in sequence. ...