Crocodile on the Sandbank: Library Edition

Peters, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0786193549 ISBN 13: 9780786193547

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2002

Synopsis

A crime novel previously published in the United States. Amelia Peabody decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress, and the two become friends. The two continue to Egypt, where they encounter mummies, mysteries, and the redoubtable archaeologist, Radcliffe Emerson.

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Review:

Elizabeth Peters' unforgettable heroine Amelia Peabody makes her first appearance in this clever mystery. Amelia receives a rather large inheritance and decides to use it for travel. On her way through Rome to Egypt, she meets Evelyn Barton-Forbes, a young woman abandoned by her lover and left with no means of support. Amelia promptly takes Evelyn under her wing, insisting that the young lady accompany her to Egypt, where Amelia plans to indulge her passion for Egyptology. When Evelyn becomes the target of an aborted kidnapping and the focus of a series of suspicious accidents and mysterious visitations, Amelia becomes convinced of a plot to harm her young friend. Like any self-respecting sleuth, Amelia sets out to discover who is behind it all. --Coco Avondale

Review:

"A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key" -- Washington Post Bookworld

"Dastardly deeds, whirlwind romances, curious mummies and all the fun and intrigue of Egyptian excavations, with a heroine who wields a sturdy parasol rather than a magnum. Accomplished entertainment." -- The Guardian

'Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it's Amelia - in wit and daring - by a landslide' -- The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786193549
• ISBN 13: 9780786193547
• Binding: MP3 CD