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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
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Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: September 01, 2007
Publishing house: William Morrow
Release Date: September 04, 2007
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Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname 'Father of Curses'—and in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. But before long Amelia, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, find themselves entangled in The Mummy Case
In Cairo, before setting out to the site, Amelia visits an antiquities dealer to inquire about some papyri for her brother-in-law, Walter. At the dealer's shop she interrupts a mysterious-sounding conversation. And then, even more alarmingly, the dealer attempts to refuse to sell her a scrap of papyrus Ramses discovers in the back room. When the dealer is found dead in his shop just a day later, Amelia becomes convinced that foul play is at hand, a suspicion that is further confirmed when she catches sight of the sinister stranger from the crime scene at her own excavation site.
But it takes more than Amelia's keen instincts to convince Emerson of dastardly deeds. When Ramses's scrap of papyrus is stolen from their camp, and a neighboring tourist is relieved of an entire mummy, Emerson concedes that they may be facing something more ominous than a simple grave robber. Aided (to their dismay) by Ramses and his preternaturally intelligent cat, Bastet, Amelia and Emerson turn their detective skills to investigating the neighboring suspects, including a trio of missionaries, a widowed German baroness, and even the head of the Department of Antiquities. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turn—and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal.
Filled with spine-tingling suspense, precise archaeological and historical detail, and Amelia Peabody's trademark witty, wry voice, Elizabeth Peters's The Mummy Case is a classic installment in the beloved Amelia Peabody series.
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I got this one as an audiobook. I was hoping it would be good, as they had several other in this series. Peters is a prolific writer with at least three series, the Amelia Peabody books, the Jacqueline Kirby books, and the Vicky Bliss books, plus several books that are not part of a series.
But I hated it! The book is told as if it's taken from her diary, so it's all in very first person. That's OK, but it means if you don't like the main character, you'll be spending a lot of time with someone who bugs you. And I didn't like her at all. Amelia talks way too much, she's annoying coy about her love life with her fabulous husband, Emerson, and she complains all the time about her son. That was when I really just decided it wasn't worth listening. All she says about her son, named Ramses for mysterious reasons I didn't catch, is that he's too loud, too dirty, and always causing trouble. Well, I have a son like that, but I am pretty happy with him. So really, give it a rest already! I didn't even finish the very first tape.
Then I thought maybe it was the narrator that was so irritating, and I could give the book another chance. So I found a copy at the library and thumbed through it. Nope. It was just as bad. I flipped through to the end, but it was the same style all the way through and I just didn't care what happened to any of the characters.
I won't bother with any others in this particular series.
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I love this series, and this title is a lot of fun, not least because of Ramses. I recommend the whole series to anyone who likes lighthearted mysteries, even though the later ones, set in and around WWI, are darker in tone.
But my question remains... why are they reprinting this in hardback? Are they planning to do that with the whole series? I understand that Peters has finished with the series, so I guess the publishers are trying to get as much out of the books as they can, by reissuing. I wish, though, that Peters would see her way clear to maybe just one more original title, maybe another one filling in gaps, like she did with Guardian of the Horizon. Anything but this....
But it is still a great series and I recommend it to everyone!
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I noticed that almost everyone who bought this book after its September 4, 2007 HARDCOVER release date found that this was a re-release of a 1985 book. I love Elizabeth Peters books (by whatever pen name she uses) and thought that AHA! It's A NEW RELEASE! I didn't even scroll down the screen for more information because it appeared to be a NEW Elizabeth Peters book. Unfortunately, if you're like me, by the time you read this review it will be too late. The header line for books should indicate when books are re-releases. I hope that Amazon will take note.
Otherwise, I would give this book the five stars it would have received twenty years ago.
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My book came in a excellent condition and faster than I expected. I was very pleased with my service.
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Oops! I ordered this book months ago, thinking that it would be a new release, and I was quite looking forward to more Amelia Peabody. When it arrived, I can't tell you how disappointed I was that it was a very early Amelia- which I not only had already read, but I already owned a copy of. I was just going to "suck it up", assuming that I was the only one who hadn't read the description closely enough, but I see that I have company. You'd better believe that I'll read more closely in the future- and hope that others will too.
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