An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense Amelia Peabody, #3
Audiobook
English language
Published Aug. 19, 2004 by Recorded Books.
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in this barren area worthy of their interest -- until an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop. A second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene, a mysterious scrap of papyrus, and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia's curiosity. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turn -- and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal.
Elizabeth Peters writes very entertaining characters, and Barbara Rosenblat makes them come to life wonderfully.
I really enjoy this series, and on a sweltering summer day, reading on my screened porch, it's not too hard for me to transport to Egypt. My only quibble is that I really don't care much for Ramses. I know it's very early in Peters' long and brilliant series, so my trepidation that introducing a "cute" (yuck, not really), precocious child character is not actually a jump the shark device.
SPOILER
Still, though, I knew from the get-go that he was going to HAVE to be the hero and rescuer. Blerggh. Maybe he will just grow up and go away in future novels, or else, alas, I will have to abandon this otherwise very enjoyable author.
