from etxgardener

The Emersons are absent from Egypt in the fifth novel in Elizabeth Peters' delightful mystery series. The book opens with the appearance of Amelia's awful brother showing up on her doorstep asking for her to take care of his two children – Violet and Percy – for the summer. Against her better jud...

from atimco

Ah, Elizabeth Peters, you've done it again! In this installment, Amelia Peabody Emerson and her husband Radcliff Emerson are back from the latest archaeological season in Egypt with their son, Ramses. They are staying in London so that Emerson can finish his book with ready access to the records ...

from tjsjohanna

 This was a nice change of pace from the earlier novels - a new setting, and some additional characters liven up the series. One of the funniest things about this series is that Amelia portrays herself and spouse as more perceptive than ordinary and more capable than ordinary - and yet Ms. Peters...

from tdfangirl

This book is definitely a change of pace for Peabody and Emerson. Instead of being set in Egypt, like the first four books in the series, this one takes place in London, though the mystery still centers around Egyptology.Ramses became infinitely more interesting to me in this book. Before he was ...

from mariabiblioteca

How is it that I'm only just now discovering the joy that is Elizabeth Peters? I've seen her books in the library before, of course, but I never really looked at them until I picked up this paperback in a rummage sale months ago, thinking it sounded interesting. I finally got around to reading it...