Crocodile on the Sandbank | The Curse of the Pharaohs | The Mummy Case

by Elizabeth Peters

Amelia Peabody [Chronological Order] (Collections and Selections — 1-3), Amelia Peabody [Publication order] (Collections and Selections — 1-3)

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In Victorian England a woman wasn't supposed to be an archaeologist or a detective. Amelia Peabody is both.

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4leschats The memoir frame, Victorian setting, and tongue in cheek tone with a sensible heroine and an "irascible" hero are quite similar in both series.

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The first three adventures of Amelia Peabody are among my favorite mysteries EVER. Just handed this volume over to my teenager, who is now deeply buried in the shifting sands!
Crocodile On the Sandbank
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.

Curse of the Pharaohs
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another

The Mummy Case

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Canonical title
Crocodile on the Sandbank | The Curse of the Pharaohs | The Mummy Case
Original publication date
1993
People/Characters
Alan Armadale; Arthur Baskerville; Sir Henry Baskerville, in The Curse of the Pharaohs; Lady Baskerville; Bastet (cat); Madame Berengeria (show all 20); Mary Berengeria; Lady Harold Carrington; Amelia Peabody Emerson (Sitt Hakim); Evelyn Barton-Forbes Emerson; Radcliffe Emerson (Father of Curses); Ramses Emerson (Walter Peabody Emerson | Brother of Demons); Walter Emerson; Abdullah ibn Hassan al Wahhab; Charles Milverton; Kevin O'Connell; Sethos; Cyrus Vandergelt; Karl van Bork; Wilkins
Important places
Rome, Italy; Chalfont Castle, Dover, Kent, England, UK; El Amarna, Egypt; Luxor, Egypt; Amarna House, Kent, England, UK
First words
When I first set eyes on Evelyn Barton-Forbes she was walking the streets of Rome - (Crocodile on the sandbank)
The events I am about to relate began on a December afternoon, when I had invited Lady Harold Carrington and certain of her friends to tea. (The curse of the pharaohs)
I never meant to marry. (The mummy case)
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Evelyn was right. With the right person, under the right circumstances - it is perfectly splendid! (Crocodile on the sandbank)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Quite, my dear Peabody." (The curse of the pharaohs)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Walter has suggested we bring back a young female next time. (The mummy case)

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3563 .E747 .T47Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-

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