The Last Camel Died at Noon, Elizabeth Peters
The Last Camel Died at Noon, Elizabeth Peters
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The Last Camel Died at Noon
An Amelia Peabody Mystery

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Susan O'Malley

Unabridged: 13 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/03/2011

Synopsis

The last camel is dead, and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, her dashing husband, Emerson, and precocious son, Ramses, are in dire straits on the sunscorched desert sands. Months before, back in cool, green England, Viscount Blacktower had approached them to find his son and his sons new bride, who have been missing in wartorn Sudan for over a decade. An enigmatic message scrawled on papyrus and a cryptic map had been delivered to Blacktower, awakening his hope that the couple was still alive. Neither Amelia nor Emerson believes the message is authentic, but the treasure map proves an irresistible temptation. Now, deep in Nubias vast wasteland, they discover too late how much treachery is afoot (and on camelback)and survival depends on Amelias solving a mystery as old as ancient Egypt and as timeless as greed and revenge.

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 HBalikov

Let me tell you a bit about that 19th Century fictional feminist Amelia Peabody. “…I always try to become friendly with the women, in hope of instructing them in the rights and privileges to which their sex is morally entitled.” She spins her recollections in the first person with an almost encyclop......more

Goodreads review by Kristen

This was another great installment in the Amelia Peabody series! Usually, my favourite part is the snappy reparte between Amelia and Emerson, with whatever mystery or mayhem they're trying to solve being secondary. But in this outing, the actual story was pretty fascinating. The Emerson family become......more

Goodreads review by Ana M.

Con un ritmo trepidante, es una digna historia de Amelia Peabody y su familia. Reconozco que a lo que se refiere a estas aventuras no puedo ser imparcial. Desde que cayó una en mis manos hace años las adoré. Pero no fue hasta el año pasado que me animé a leerlas todas y en orden. Creí que echaría algo......more

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