Description: Amelia and Emerson follow an expedition searching for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem. Besides suspecting the leader of the expedition of inept excavation practices, they believe him to be secretly working for German intelligence.
Brief description:
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
Review Quotes:
"Deeply satisfying . . . a funny and involving work. The joy of the Amelia books has always been their elegant sense of humor; once again Peters manages to satirize romantic thrillers while producing some of the finest in the genre. Rating: A-." - Entertainment Weekly
"No one is better at juggling torches while dancing on a high wire than Elizabeth Peters." - Chicago Tribune
"Once again, MWA Grandmaster Peters uses vivid settings, sharp characterizations, and deft dialogue to transport the reader to another time and place." - Publishers Weekly
Praise for Elizabeth Peters: "Amelia Peabody, the bossy archaeologist in Elizabeth Peters's romantic adventures set in Egypt at the end of the last century, makes a perfect companion for a cruise up the Nile."--New York Times - New York Times
Praise for A River in the Sky: "Peters's wily cast of characters keeps the reader coming back for more." - San Francisco Chronicle