Lion in the Valley
1986 • 360 pages
Ratings9
Average rating3.9
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Ratings9
Average rating3.9
The 1985-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, her dashing husband Emerson and their precocious eight-year-old son Rameses. The much-coveted burial chamber in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. Yet there is a great evil in the wind that caresses the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo. An expedition cursed by misfortune and the daring moonlit abduction of Rameses alerts Amelia to the presence of her arch-enemy, the Master Criminal. And his is now a personal quest for the most valuable and elusive prize of all: vengeance on the meddling lady archaeologist with the parasol who has sworn to deliver him to justice...Amelia Peabody herself!
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18 primary booksAmelia Peabody is a 18-book series with 18 primary works first released in 1975 with contributions by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess.
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I enjoy this one somewhat less than the preceding book, [b:The Mummy Case 9810644 The Mummy Case Elizabeth Peters https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1396184059l/9810644.SY75.jpg 2570337]. It's mildly amusing, but even Ramses is less funny this time. There's another convoluted mystery, I'm not particularly keen on the new characters we meet, and in particular I'm not keen on Sethos—who will, unfortunately, appear again later.Although Ramses is only 8 or 9 years old, he seems to be starting to take a tentative interest in the female of the species—specifically, in Miss Debenham, who's young but adult.The book gets its 3 stars by being sufficiently entertaining to be rereadable occasionally. However, if I wanted to read the highlights of the series, I think I'd skip this one.
