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Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
by: Elizabeth Peters

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061429798
ISBN: 0061429791
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: December 01, 2008
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: December 09, 2008
Studio: William Morrow
Sales Rank: 42271

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and their precocious (some might say rambunctious) eight-year-old son, Ramses. The long-denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor has finally been granted, and the much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid is now theirs for the exploring.

Before the young family exchanges the relative comfort of Cairo for the more rudimentary quarters near the excavation site, they engage a young Englishman, Donald Fraser, as a tutor and companion for Ramses, and Amelia takes a wayward young woman, Enid Debenham, under her protective wing.

But there is danger and deception in the wind that blows across the hot Egyptian sands. A brazen kidnapping attempt, a gruesome murder, and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death—all serve to alert Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis, the "Master Criminal," notorious looter of the living and the dead. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the man known as Sethos. The evil genius has a score to settle with the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice . . . and he's got her dead-on in his sights.

Replete with edge-of-the-seat suspense and scrupulous archaeological and historical detail, all delivered in Amelia Peabody's unique, wry voice, Lion in the Valley is a classic installment in Elizabeth Peters's beloved mystery-adventure series.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Parts of the book are a little tedious but on balance it is still a good story, especially for teenage girls.
This is the fourth book in the series. I've only read the first and fourth books. Here, I loved the Ramses character. He is an 8 year old boy with a genius mind and great luck. I did not like the way his mother cut him off so much and refused to listen to him. She was also jealous of his ability to find entrances to tombs and other archaeological finds before she could. I lost some respect for her in this book because of that. It was still a good book, but I preferred the first book in the series: Crocodile on the Sandbank.

CAUTION SPOILERS: In this book, we learn that Sethos, the master criminal, loves Amelia and plans to kidnap her and keep her secluded until she learns to love him back. He appears in different disguises in this book.

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- Another Shirt Ruined!
This is another great Amelia Peabody mystery with all the melodrama, adventure, and comedy you could wish. It follows one of the main story threads of the series as Amelia attempts to track down the Master Criminal!

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- Get rid of Ramses
I am having a problem getting past the third chapter. I enjoyed her first two mysteries when she met her husband-to-be and then the birth of her son Ramses. Now I am getting a bit tired of the bratty son and the recurrent Master Criminal. How about a new plot? I don't know why Peters has made the son such an obnoxious character. Then there is the adolescent relationship between Peabody and Emerson. Who cares, just get to the mystery. Unfortunately, I have purchased three more of her books and will probably skim through them trying to find the mystery.

Rating:

- Fourth Book in the Series

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

The Amelia Peabody books may or may not be an acquired taste, personally I love them. They are set in Victorian times when there were still very strict rules of etiquette and polite behaviour was the norm. Although most of the books are set in Egypt, in the desert under very trying conditions and extremely hot weather the `English' way of life was still expected to be adhered to, sometimes with quite hilarious consequences.
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- Lion in the Valley
As always I really enjoy Amelia Peabody mysteries. The humor plus the twists and turns make for great reading.

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