The Hippopotamus Pool, Elizabeth Peters
The Hippopotamus Pool, Elizabeth Peters
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The Hippopotamus Pool

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 14 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/15/2007

Synopsis

The spunky Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson has returned to the exotic Nile valley. Parasol aloft and hot on the trail of an unexplored tomb, she must outwit a shadowy evildoer, a questionable antiquities dealer, and her loquacious son, Ramses. Washington Post Book World praises Elizabeth Peters: "A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key."

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 Kristen

It gets harder with each book in this series to find different ways to say how wonderful the story is. I never tire of the very humourous, extremely intelligent and quirkily wonderful Emerson family and their many adventures, and this book is no different! Nefret is now an established member of the f......more

Goodreads review by Linniegayl

I loved this on my second re-listen! The mystery is good, and we get the full cast of characters. David is introduced and after a rough start quickly becomes blood brothers with the nearly 13-year old Ramses. July 3, 2020: Another great re-listen. November 26, 2021: Another great re-listen. February 19......more

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