Amelia hopes to rekindle some of the old fire with Emerson in a return journey to Amarna, Egypt where they met 13 years before. But her plan is foiled when Emerson emerges from a night-time ambush typically furious and with absolutely no memory of who Amelia is!
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"#7 for Amelia. This time around Amelia battles enemies from without and within (maybe Sethos makes an appearance), in addition to fighting for Emerson's love...the title is an allusion to an Ancient Egyptian tale (a great collection of Egyptian stories can be found in R. B. Parkinson's The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems."
— Lucy (4 out of 5 stars)
“Peters’ romantic thriller, in which the indomitable Victorian archaeologist Amelia Peabody searches for Nefertiti’ s tomb, offers surefire entertainment.”
— Publishers Weekly“High adventure, narrated in Amelia’s witty, inimitably resplendent style. Peabody fans will rejoice.”
— Library Journal" Listening my way through this series I found this one of the cleverer stories--lots of twists and turns that kept me listening closely. I enjoy all of Elizabeth Peters mysteries, but the Amelia Peabody books are her best. "
— janet, 10/8/2016" Continuing my journey through this series, I think this is one of the better stories. There are a lot of clever twists and turns that kept me listening closely. "
— janrt, 10/8/2016" Typical Peabody. I might have read this before. Fun as ever. "
— Marita, 2/18/2014" I remembered liking this particular book in the series, but fortunately I didn't remember all of the twists and turns that make it so much fun. A very fun read. "
— Emily, 2/7/2014" I have read the Amelia Peabody series before and find it always entertaining. "
— Kim, 1/30/2014" Solving this Egyptian puzzle takes a little more dedication than usual from Amelia. First, her beloved husband Emerson is kidnapped. Then, when she rescues him, he has no memory of the last 13 years--or of Amelia! "
— Debra, 1/21/2014" Unfortunately this book depends heavily on the reader's knowledge of many of the earlier books, which I don't have. I have only read one of the earlier books in this series. The plot was good, but the story was harder to follow and enjoy, when having no idea to what Amelia was referring! "
— Rebecca, 1/17/2014" This is my favorite of all the Amelia Peabody mysteries. I really enjoy these books, because I have been to all the places in Egypt that she sets her stories. "
— Tanni, 1/17/2014Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013) was a pen name of Barbara Mertz, who earned her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. Over the course of her fifty-year career she wrote more than seventy mystery and suspense novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt, of which many were New York Times bestsellers. She was the recipient of numerous writing awards, including grandmaster and lifetime achievement awards from the Mystery Writers of America, Malice Domestic, and Bouchercon. In 2012 she was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor and named after her major fictional character, at the Malice Domestic convention. She also wrote books under the names Barbara Mertz and Barbara Michaels.
Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.