The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Softcover

Peters, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380798565 ISBN 13: 9780380798568

Publisher: Avon Books, 1999

Synopsis

“Delightful....[An] engrossing plot and writing of the highest caliber.”

—Washington Times

 

A globe-trotting archeologist with more grit, wit, and fortitude than Indian Jones himself, the intrepid Amelia Peabody confronts danger and dark mystery in the desert sands of Egypt in The Ape Who Guards the Balance—a breathtaking adventure fromNew York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters that encompasses treachery, villainy, bloodthirsty cults, the Book of the Dead...and murder most foul. TheCharleston Post and Courier proclaims Elizabeth Peters “a mistress of plot,” while theNew York Times Book Review declares, “Amelia remains an irrepressible delight.”

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Review:

I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment. (Angela Rippon)

A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.' (Washington Post Book World)

Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment. (Guardian)

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Some great reviews for THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE
Check out these great reviews for Elizabeth Peters’ THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE:

"Rich in characterization, incident and humor, this latest adventure is a grand, galloping adventure with a heart as big as the Great Pyramid itself." --Publishers Weekly

"Peters’ witty writing and her cast of outrageous characters move the story along at a brisk pace." --San Francisco Examiner

"A lively assortment of characters . . . plenty of period flavor . . . some terrific action." --Booklist

"The charm of this series lies in the author’s wonderful evocation of the sights, sounds and smells of Cairo, Luxor, ad the Valley of the Kings." --St. Paul Pioneer Press

"Amelia Peabody is back in rare form." --The Snooper

"Infectious . . . frightening and delicious . . . Amelia Peabody fans will eat this one up. . . . THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE contains the mixture of humor, familiar characters, mystery, intrigue, danger, and Egyptological lecture material Peabody fans anticipate and expect." --Gothic Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380798565
• ISBN 13: 9780380798568
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback