Author: Elizabeth Peters
Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat
Series: Amelia Peabody (Book 10)
Publication: Recorded Books (April 18, 2005)
Length: 15 hours and 7 minutes
Description: Against the romantic backdrop of Edwardian Egypt, the irresistible Amelia Peabody and her charmingly unconventional family prove themselves to be formidable foes of villainy.
In The Ape Who Guards the Balance, Amelia must muster all of her considerable skills of detection to unravel a snarled web of stolen archaeological treasures, murderous cults, and fallen women.
The Peabody-Emerson family has set sail for Egypt and the 1907 archaeological season. But a mint-condition papyrus of the Book of the Dead falls into their hands, and the prospects for the 1907 archaeological season turn deadly.
My Thoughts: In this tenth Amelia Peabody historical mystery, the Emersons are in Egypt and it is 1907. When an unknown papyrus falls into their hands, they find themselves dealing with a villain from the past. Sethos has kept his word and his distance but now a rival threatens Amelia and all bets are off.
The Peabody-Emerson family has set sail for Egypt and the 1907 archaeological season. But a mint-condition papyrus of the Book of the Dead falls into their hands, and the prospects for the 1907 archaeological season turn deadly.
My Thoughts: In this tenth Amelia Peabody historical mystery, the Emersons are in Egypt and it is 1907. When an unknown papyrus falls into their hands, they find themselves dealing with a villain from the past. Sethos has kept his word and his distance but now a rival threatens Amelia and all bets are off.
As Emerson closely watches archaeological rival Davies unearth a tomb filled with treasures, his family is off having adventures of their own and distracting him into hunts for murderers. With the younger Emersons including Amelia's namesake Lia on the way to Egypt, they need to be quick to track down the villains in order to keep their family safe.
With the children growing up, they are having issues of their own. David has fallen in love with Lia which doesn't please his parents or Amelia who finds that she has prejudices that she was not aware of. And Ramses seemingly unrequited love for Nefret is making things very hard for him.
The death of Abdullah who died saving Amelia from a villain's bullet, casts a pall on the group and makes Amelia realize just how important he was to her. His death seems to also shift her feelings on David and Lia.
This was an engaging story. I like Manuscript H and the letters which are apparently from Nefret to Lia which help balance the account since Amelia's viewpoint is filtered through her own beliefs and prejudices.
I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one. You can buy your copy here.
I STILL need to find an Elizabeth Peters book to read. I know I'd like her.
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