The Curse of the Pharaohs, Elizabeth Peters
The Curse of the Pharaohs, Elizabeth Peters
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The Curse of the Pharaohs

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 11 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/02/2004

Synopsis

Called back to Egypt to complete the excavation conducted by the recently-murdered Lord Baskerville, Amelia and Emerson encounter a tomb the locals believe to be cursed.

About Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013) was one of the pseudonyms of American writer Barbara Louise Mertz, whose New York Times bestselling Amelia Peabody mysteries are often set against historical backdrops. In 1952, Peters earned a PhD in Egyptology at the University of Chicago. She was named grand master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allison on February 18, 2017

I enjoyed this less than the first book in the series, partly because a lot of it was so similar to that book. An archaeological dig is in peril due to local superstitions about a curse, exacerbated by disappearances, ghostly sightings and deaths. If I hadn't just read the first book last month, I m......more

Goodreads review by Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) on January 04, 2018

Such a fun read! I loved every page of it. Who doesn't love a feisty heroine and a good murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat guessing until the very end?......more

Goodreads review by Werner on April 30, 2016

Warning: this review will involve spoilers for those who haven't read the previous book! Five years have supposedly passed since the events of the series opener, Crocodile on the Sandbank. (Many of the comments in my review of that one, www.goodreads.com/review/show/83042190 , are relevant here as we......more

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