Elizabeth Peters: Crocodile on the Sandbank (2011, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
300 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
Crocodile on the Sandbank is a historical mystery novel by Elizabeth Peters, first published in 1975. It is the first in the Amelia Peabody series of novels and takes place in 1884-1885.
Ok, I was wrong. It was as bad as I had expected. What a pity.
Yawn.... boring. Truly boring. This was an adventure without the adventure and/or a romance without much romance. I was expecting more of a female Indiana Jones style book; but, I could hardly keep my eyes open. It must be the pandemic.
It's a very good thing I was born in these modern times, otherwise I would have turned out to be exactly like Amelia Peabody. Unmarried, outspoken, finding ways around the conventions of long skirts and subservient attitudes. We find her sassy self traveling to Egypt to see the archaeological sties and picking up friends along the way.
The high point of the book for me is the banter between Radcliffe and Peabody. The two of them make me laugh with their jabs and bickering. How dare a women know something about first aid? Or keep a level head? Radcliffe and his brother have met their match in dear Miss Peabody. I enjoyed their interactions so much that the weak points of the plot were easily overlooked.
Looking forward to seeing how the next few books hold up.
There is nothing I love more than an Amelia Peabody mystery. This is the first in the series.
