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Seeing a Large Cat – Elizabeth Peters

The Emerson family is once again making its way to Egypt for a season at the archeological dig. This year, Emerson has decided to spend his time thoroughly sifting through all the debris left behind in tombs excavated by less meticulous men than himself. It’s his opinion that the other Egyptologists in the area have been so obsessed with mummies and treasure that they haven’t been paying attention to the finer details, and he intends to set it all straight. While Amelia would rather be climbing through a pyramid, herself, she admires her husband’s dedication to his work and supports … Continue reading →

The Last Camel Died at Noon – Elizabeth Peters

Our next installment in the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters takes us to the home in England where Emerson and Amelia live during the summer months. A stranger named Forthright shows up unannounced, proceeds to faint dead away on the hearth, and revives to tell a strange tale of his aunt and uncle who have disappeared in the Egyptian desert while searching for a lost civilization. He asks Emerson to undertake a search, which Emerson flatly refuses to do, until the grandfather shows up, equally unannounced, and presents Emerson with a strange object: a page from Emerson’s own notebook, … Continue reading →

Mummy’s the Word — Kerry Blair

In this new-ish addition to the LDS fiction lineup by Kerry Blair, we meet Samantha Shade, the hysterically bumbling but yet good-hearted wannabe private detective. Hired to run Nightshade, her uncle’s PI firm while he’s out of town, Sam is determined to make a success of it for herself and prove that she has what it takes to be a real gumshoe, but she only has one obstacle: herself. While staking out a disreputable part of town to catch a political figure committing a no-no of the adulterous variety, she spies what she thinks is a man soliciting a young … Continue reading →

The Deeds of the Disturber – Elizabeth Peters

Emerson, Amelia, and Ramses have just returned from their dig at the pyramids of Dashoor. The press had a field day with their adventures while they were gone, and they come home to find that their old “friend,” Kevin O’Connell, has been concocting all manner of sensationalized stories about them and their future mystery-solving activities. It seems that a night guard at the museum has been found dead on the floor near an ancient mummy case, a look of fear on his face, and Kevin has assured his readers that Emerson and Amelia will solve the case. Emerson strongly feels … Continue reading →

The Mummy Case — Elizabeth Peters

In “The Mummy Case,” Ramses, the only child of Emerson and Amelia, is now old enough to accompany them on an archaeological dig in Egypt. While still very young, his grasp of all things Egyptian is astounding, as is his vocabulary, and he can’t wait to get out in the sand and begin a dig of his very own. Emerson is also itching to return. The pyramids at Dashoor are calling to him, their riches just waiting to be discovered, catalogued, and turned over to the museum with Emerson’s name proudly displayed as the finder. But when they arrive in … Continue reading →