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The Mummy Case (Mass Market Paperback)

by E PETERS (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; Reprint edition (Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0446601934
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446601931
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,563,189 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Disgusted when he is denied access to the pyramids of Dahshoor and assigned to a "rubble heap," Emerson finds his curiosity piqued when an antiquities dealer is murdered and a mummy case disappears. Reissue.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rameses first foray in Egypt - rescueing Mama and Papa, 27 Dec 2000
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This review is from: The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery) (Paperback)
This is the first of Peabody's adventures in which Rameses plays a vital role. Here, we learn how Peabody and Emerson first encountered the Master Criminal, how the Lion came to Chalfont, and how Rameses began his career as an excavator. To me this book works on several levels; with the conflict between religions and cultures, the animal rights theme (courtesy of Rameses) and the introduction of the Master Criminal weaving in and out of the narrative in a manner that makes the story truly three-dee. Rameses is now about five years old and his doting Papa is now willing to risk the dangers of Egypt. John the Footman, comes along to keep an eye on the alarmingly accident prone lad, but fails to prevent Rameses from conducting his own excavations and investigations alongside his Mama and Papa. In the end, however, it is Rameses' talent for languages that solves the case.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Third in What Turns Into a Terrific Series, 16 Jun 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery): An Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery (Paperback)

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.

Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' best loved and brilliant creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her no nonsense dress sense and forthright opinions.

These books are a delight for the reader. Anyone who has not read any of them should start right now. They whisk you back to the days of gentile living. Where everything stops for tea and of course it would be unthinkable for the men not to dress for dinner.

This book is the third in the series and the story takes Amelia to the pyramids at Mazghunah. On their arrival it looks to Emerson and Amelia that the barren area is of little or no interest, but then a murder in Cairo soon persuades the pair otherwise.





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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The 3rd Amelia Peabody Mystery, 28 Sep 2004
By april-showers "april-showers" (uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery) (Paperback)
It must be a good book because although Amelia's brusque manner (and if she mentions she is having 'relations' with her husband one more time I will strangle her) and her son Rameses' irritating speech and his precociousness I still find myself wanting to read the 4th book. This is partially down to her husband Emerson who is a real dude!

Set in Victorian times, in Egypt. Emerson has permission to dig at Mazghunah near Dahshoor, but before the family get there an antiques dealer is murdered, Amelia had visited him and seen a shady character talking to him. Then at Mazghunah a mummy case disappears and the shady character turns up, then the fun really begins with Rameses in the thick of it.

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