Autumn 1921. The Peabody-Emerson clan are enjoying a fruitful period of excavation in Egypt. But when they hear the alarming tale of a man’s mysterious death their digging turns to detecting. His widow is convinced her husband was the victim of a curse and implores the Emersons to find and return the small ‘deadly’ statue that killed him to the tomb from which it was stolen — before it claims another life. From bitter experience the Emersons know it would be a serious mistake to start chasing tomb robbers. But Amelia and family soon start to find the curse may be more real than ever imagined…
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A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.
If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody.
Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.'
I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment.
A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.
The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra!
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