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Continued adventures of Emerson, Amelia and their precocious son Ramses. Very good story
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One of a great series. Highly recommend the series.
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"âand in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. But before long Amelia, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, find themselves entangled in The Mummy CaseIn Cairo, before setting out to the site, Amelia visits an antiquities dealer to inquire about some papyri for her brother-in-law, Walter. At the dealer's shop she interrupts a mysterious-sounding conversation. And then, even more alarmingly, the dealer attempts to refuse to sell her a scrap of papyrus Ramses discovers in the back room. When the dealer is found dead in his shop just a day later, Amelia becomes convinced that foul play is at hand, a suspicion that is further confirmed when she catches sight of the sinister stranger from the crime scene at her own excavation site.But it takes more than Amelia's keen instincts to convince Emerson of dastardly deeds. When Ramses's scrap of papyrus is stolen from their camp, and a neighboring tourist is relieved of an entire mummy, Emerson concedes that they may be facing something more ominous than a simple grave robber. Aided (to their dismay) by Ramses and his preternaturally intelligent cat, Bastet, Amelia and Emerson turn their detective skills to investigating the neighboring suspects, including a trio of missionaries, a widowed German baroness, and even the head of the Department of Antiquities. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turnâand there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal.Filled with spine-tingling suspense, precise archaeological and historical detail, and Amelia Peabody's trademark witty, wry voice, Elizabeth Peters's The Mummy Case is a classic installment in the beloved Amelia Peabody series.
if you like elizabeth peters you'll enjoy this book
One on the earlier books in the series, very fun and sneakily educational.
Such twist and turns to the remarkable solution and Ramses as precocious as ever.
Very good mystery with much Archeology and Egyptology thrown in.
They first saw the mummy case carelessly propped against the Baroness' grand piano like some outre parlor ornament. It was a relatively insignificant mummy case, as mummy cases go...and no one suspected the mystery behind its enigmatic facade.
Amelia Peabody to the rescue!
Amelia Peabody to the rescue!
Amelia and Emerson head back to Egypt with their âcatastrophically precociousâ son Ramses, hoping to dig at the pyramids...but instead get a disappointing cemetery on the outskirts. Before they can even leave Cairo, an antiquities dealer is found hanging in his shop...everyone says suicide, but Peabody is sure it's murder and she of course will investigate. Soon curious thefts are happening in camp. Being humor-challenged, I found it amusing rather than laugh-out-loud funny, but I did enjoy the pokes at famous archaeologists of the day along with Peabody's take no prisoners style of investigation. Peabody and Emerson's marriage, and her takes on family life are pretty amusing too. I even liked Ramses, although I really hated the speech impediment Peters gave him. The mystery itself I thought was a little scattered, with more attention paid to the eccentric characters rather than the plot. There aren't too many humorous cozies I can read without wincing, so the fact I'm planning on reading the next is a point in its favor. Still in print, too, despite being originally published in the 80s.
Amelia and Emerson are at it again! Along with their very young, very precocious son, Ramses, they do a bit of archaeology and a lot of sleuthing to discover who killed an antiques dealer and why a mummy case went missing. Fun story to read! One of Elizabeth Peters best Amelia Peabody tales.
