Author: elizabethpeters
From a New York Times bestselling author: After a death at the British Museum, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody hunts for an all-too-human killer behind the so-called ancient curse! “Rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, and Miss Marple all rolled into one” (The Washington Post).
Meet Egyptologist Amelia Peabody in the first mystery in the Victorian-era set, New York Times bestselling “sparkling series” (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review). “If Indiana Jones were female, a wife, and a mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson.”–Publishers Weekly Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut … indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who…
From a New York Times bestselling author: When an antiques dealer is killed near their dig site, archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Radcliffe, are thrust into a dangerous mystery. “Riotously witty… Cunningly constructed” (Publishers Weekly).
Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson and his intrepid wife, Amelia Peabody, seem to have hit a wall. Having been banned forever from the East Valley, Emerson, against Amelia’s advice, has tried desperately to persuade Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to relinquish their digging rights. But … Emerson’s trickery has backfired, and his insistent interest in the site has made his rivals all the more determined to keep the Emerson clan away.Powerless to intervene but determined to stay close to the unattainable tomb, the family…
From a New York Times bestselling author: During an archaeological dig, a body is found at the excavation site. Can Amelia Peabody find the killer before she becomes the next target? “Amelia Peabody is Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, and Miss Marple all in one” (The Washington Post).
The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplace of Cairo. The … brazen moonlight abduction of Ramses—and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death—have alerted Amelia to the likly presence of her arch nemesis the Master Criminal, notorious looter of the living and the dead. But…
A New York Times bestselling author delivers a riveting mystery with over 3,300 five-star Goodreads ratings! When an antiquity dealer’s corpse is found floating in the Nile, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody searches for answers… “Amelia Peabody is Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, and Miss Marple all in one” (The Washington Post).
From “a writer so popular the public library needs to keep her books under lock and key” (The Washington Post): When an important artifact goes missing, art historian Vicky is drawn into a treasure hunt that leads to a forbidding German castle — one that hides a deadly mystery!
Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist , together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapade When Lady Baskerville’s husband Sir Henry dies after discovering what may have been an undisturbed royal tomb in Luxor, she appeals to eminent archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife Amelia to take over the excavation. Amid rumours of a curse … rumours of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, the intrepid couple proceeds to Egypt, where they begin to suspect that Sir Henry did not die a natural death, and they are confident that the accidents that plague…