Falcon at the Portals

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780334486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Book Description
In this latest Amelia Peabody mystery there's more trouble in store for our intrepid Egyptologist. This time it is of a distinctly personal nature. Her niece's new, Egyptian, husband stands accused of forging priceless antiquities. Is he guilty, or merely the fall guy for some unscrupulous villain? Meanwhile, matters are complicated by the arrival of Amelia's detestable nephew who begins an ardently amorous pursuit of her son's wife, Nefret...

The Falcon at the Portal

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Constable Crime
ISBN: 9781845295578
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There's more trouble in store for an intrepid Egyptologist. This time it is of a distinctly personal nature. Her niece's new, Egyptian, husband stands accused of forging priceless antiquities. Is he guilty, or merely the fall guy for some unscrupulous villain?

He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 9780061951657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Trouble is brewing in Egypt at the close of 1914 and no one will escape the coming tempest. With the world at war, Amelia Peabody and her husband Radcliffe Emerson have returned to Cairo for another season of archaeological excavation—despite the increasing danger of an attack on the Suez Canal and on Egypt itself. A terrible conflict looms. A long-simmering love affair is resolved. A dastardly plot unfolds. There is no escaping the furious storm that now threatens the Emersons and their world—so Amelia plunges right into it.

The Falcon at the Portal

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006180262X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 581

Book Description
New York Times Bestseller From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters comes another riveting mystery in her phenomenally popular Amelia Peabody series. The Land of the Pharaohs harbors more secrets than any tomb can hide. In Egypt for the 1911 archaeological season, Amelia Peabody and her family are not anticipating trouble, but it finds them nonetheless. Their young friend David is accused of selling ancient artifacts, and it's up to the Emersons to expose the real culprit. But the body of an American discovered at the bottom of their excavation shaft and a child of mysterious antecedents are sparking twin crises that threaten to tear the family apart. Amelia brings her estimable powers of deduction to bear, but she might not survive long enough to unravel more than one perplexing puzzle—because suddenly someone is shooting bullets in her direction...and coming too close for comfort! “Amelia is rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one.”—Washington Post Book World

The Falcon at the Portal

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606189569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Arriving in Egypt in 1911 for their annual archaeological excavation, Amelia and her family are stunned when her niece's husband, David, is accused of selling fake Egyptian artifacts, a case that soon becomes complicated by charges of drug dealing, moralm

Children of the Storm

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061800414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478

Book Description
Once again, the New York Times bestselling author of the Amelia Peabody novels “kicks up a desert storm.”—People The “grande dame of historical mystery” (Washington Post) is back with a thrilling new tale featuring America’s favorite archaeologist turned sleuth. At last the Great War is over. Amelia Peabody, her distinguished Egyptologist husband Emerson, and their extended family are preparing for another season of excavation in Egypt. To everyone’s great joy, their son, Ramses, and his wife, Nefret, have become parents. Amelia, enjoying the role of fond (yet firm) grandmother, hopes that for once this will be a quiet year with Ramses no longer undertaking perilous missions for British intelligence and no old enemies on their trail. Yet the hazards of the past will be overshadowed by new danger and a new adversary—unlike anything Amelia’s ever encountered—who will pursue her in a battle that puts innocent young lives at stake.

The Falcon at the Portal

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780062686848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Seeing a Large Cat

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446571199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
No villain is safe in 1903 Egypt as feisty archaeologist Amelia Peabody embarks on her ninth adventure. According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good luck. And that's just what Amelia Peabody could use, as her growing family matures in the new century. What's more, Amelia's dashing husband Emerson has received a mysterious warning not to enter the Valley of the Kings. To Emerson's annoyance, Amelia's meddling distracts her attention as she exposes a fraudulent spiritualist, saves a marriage, and plays matchmaker. But diabolical forces are at work when an unknown tomb reveals a shocking murder -- and the Peabody family dodges bullets from an assassin determined to put an end to their discoveries.

Crocodile on the Sandbank

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 178033446X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -- at least that's what he thinks!

Tomb of the Golden Bird

Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780337736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The chase is on - and Amelia Peabody and Co. are in the thick of it! 1922 - convinced that the tomb of the little-known King Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Emerson has tried to persuade his rivals Lord Carnavon and Howard Carter to hand over their digging rights in the valley to him - but they resist. So back in Luxor an incident at the hotel the clan is staying in turns their gifts for digging in another direction. Emerson and Ramses are lured into a trap by a group of villains who demand answers to the mysterious question, 'Where is he?'. Their curiosity piqued, the duo is determined to uncover who 'he' is and why 'he' should be so important.