The Ape Who Guards The Balance

After eluding a kidnapper in London, an unperturbed Amelia Peabody accompanies her unconventional family to Cairo once more--only to be ensnared almost immediately in a web of stolen treasures and bloodthirsty cults. Villainy is running rampant in Egypt this 1907 archaeological season, but the membe

SUMMARY: Amelia Peabody's archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, has been ignominiously demoted to examining the most boring tombs in the valley of the kings. But luckily for Amelia's thrill-seeking detective nose, this year the legendary land of the pharoahs will yield more than priceless arti

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Named 1998 Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America, Elizabeth Peters is also a doctor of Egyptology whose mysteries have submerged readers in the vivid turn-of-the-century world of Amelia Peabody. In \*The Ape Who Guards the Balance\* Peters captures the immediacy of uncove

"Prospects for the 1907 archaeological season in Egypt are looking somewhat dull to Amelia. As a result of Emerson's less-than-diplomatic behaviour, they have been demoted to examining only the most boring tombs in the Valley of the Kings -- mere leftovers, really. And then, in a seedy section of C

After eluding a kidnapper in London, an unperturbed Amelia Peabody accompanies her unconventional family to Cairo once more'only to be ensnared almost immediately in a web of stolen treasures and bloodthirsty cults. Villainy is running rampant in Egypt this 1907 archaeological season, but the member

**From a Diamond Dagger winner: A dark tale of murderous conspiracies, secret societies, and a royal family in danger.** After a series of hideous and gruesome crimes, Inspector Doug McHarg is asking questions—but some people don't want him to. That includes his boss on the local police force