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by Elizabeth Peters (Author)
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  • Paperback: 310 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (July 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812512421
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812512427
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,232,203 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A throughly entertaining novel., 27 Feb 2002
This review is from: Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery) (Paperback)
This is, so far, my favourite Amelia Peabody novel. It combines all the well loved elements of the previous books and more. Many of the characters verge on being immortal , the parody sections are spot on and even though it is never completely serious in style or deals with as many serious issues as the later books, it still manages to convey real sentiments and the description suceeds in creating some very atmospheric moments. It is also a very humourous book, with some memorable one-liners and events.
There are also plenty of plot twists and it has an great storyline in general. This novel will appeal greatly to existing fans and well as making new ones.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Victorian Egyptian mystery for Amelia Peabody., 9 April 2001
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This is the second Amelia Peabody Emerson mystery I have read and it has not disappointed me in the slightest. The story has good pace, has credibility and has a good mixture of characters from the pioneering Emersons to the rich and idle aristocrats.

Peters' descriptions of sounds, sights and smells are almost tangible. The vocabulary is rich and challenging and any translations from Arabic are once only, and unlike many books, she assumes that the reader is able to retain information.

This book is the 4th volume of Amelia's memoirs, and one can only assume that there must be a wave of fear in Egypt each year when the Emersons descend to carry out their archaeological digs as all sorts of foul deeds, murders, attempted murders and kidnapping occurs. However, don't think that this book humourless, parts of the book were amusing.

Overall, I found this more entertaining than the benchmark who-dunnit of Agatha Christie and I really can't wait to get cracking with the other Amelia Peabody titles.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Amelia Peabody mystery, 23 Nov 2003
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This is the 4th book in the series and so far, for me, the most enjoyable. They mystery is second only to the fun characters, Amelia had some cracking lines in this one, I love how she never realises when people are laughing at her, and her heart is always in the right place. Now Rameses has stopped lisping I like him a lot better, but I'm certainly glad he's not my child! All in all, a nice bit of brain candy.
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