Amelia Peabody Series by Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess

4.12 · 443 ratings
  • Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
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    Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings · published 1975

    Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.

  • The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2)
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    The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1981

    Victorian Amelia Peabody continues to journal her Egypt adventures, toddler Ramses left in England. Husband Radcliffe Emerson's old friend Lady Baskerville fears a curse killed her husband Sir Henry, and soon engages the attentions of American Cyrus. The will funds continued excavation. But a lady dressed in white floats, flutters, spreads fear, and more death.

  • The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3)
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    The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1985

    Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at 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. And there is nothing in this barren area worthy of their interest -- until an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop... more

  • Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody #4)
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    Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody #4)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1986

    The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and their precocious (some might say rambunctious) eight-year-old son, Ramses. The long-denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor has finally been granted, and the much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid is now theirs for the exploring... more

  • The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody #5)
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    The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody #5)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1988

    Can fear kill? There are those who believe so but Amelia Peabody is skeptical. A respected Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Amelia has foiled felonious schemes from Victoria's England to the Middle East. And she doubts that it was a Nineteenth-Dynasty mummy's curse that caused the death of a night watchman in the British Museum. The corpse was found sprawled in the mummy's shadow, a look of terror frozen on the guard's face... more

  • The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody #6)
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    The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody #6)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1991

    Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.

  • The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody #7)
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    The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody #7)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1992

    Amelia hopes to rekindle some of the old fire with Emerson in a return journey to Amarna, Egypt where they met 13 years before. But her plan is foiled when Emerson emerges from a night-time ambush typically furious and with absolutely no memory of who Amelia is!

  • The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody #8)
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    The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody #8)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1996

    Amelia, her husband Emerson, their 13-year-old son Ramses, and their beautiful ward Nefret return to Egypt for an exciting excavation. The dig is at an undisturbed Royal Tomb, a true find--and an irresistible temptation for art thieves, jealous colleagues, looters, the press, and the countless evil-doers. As Ramses and Nefret rub elbows with thieves and thugs, Amelia finds herself faced with a surprising new villain who is every bit as clever and resourceful as the intrepid Amelia herself.

  • Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody #9)
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    Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody #9)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2013

    No villain is safe in 1903 Egypt as feisty archaeologist Amelia Peabody embarks on her ninth adventure. According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good luck. And that's just what Amelia Peabody could use, as her growing family matures in the new century. What's more, Amelia's dashing husband Emerson has received a mysterious warning not to enter the Valley of the Kings... more

  • The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody #10)
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    The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody #10)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1998

    The Ape Who Guards the Balance begins in 1907 in England where Amelia is attending a suffragettes' rally outside the home of Mr. Geoffrey Romer of the House of Commons. It seems Romer is one of the few remaining private collectors of Egyptian antiquities, and a series of bizarre events at the protest soon embroil Amelia in grave personal danger... more

  • The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody #11)
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    The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody #11)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 2010

    Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season -- after the marriage of young Ramses' best friend David to Amelia's niece Lia. But trouble finds them immediately when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts. While Amelia and company try to clear his name and expose the real culprit, the body of an American is found at the bottom of their excavation shaft... more

  • He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #12)
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    He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #12)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2000

    1914 finds archaelogists Amelia Peabody, narrator, and husband Radcliffe Emerson back in Egypt for another dig, despite civil unrest. Defiantly pacifist son Ramses hides his spy activity with cousin David. He rescues Molly, and his dazzling smile conquers yet another female. An artifact from Giza confirms the return of archnemesis Sethos.

  • Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody #13)
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    Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody #13)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 2010

    For archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her family, the allure of Egypt remains as powerful as ever, even in this tense time of World War. But nowhere in this desert land is safe -- especially for Amelia's son Ramses and his beautiful new wife Nefret. Treachery and peril are pursuing the two young lovers across the length and breadth of this strange, exotic world, strengthening a bond of passion and devotion that only death can sever... more

  • The Golden One (Amelia Peabody #14)
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    The Golden One (Amelia Peabody #14)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. In these perilous times, archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her extended family must confront shocking dangers. But it is son Ramses who faces the most dire threat, answering a call that will carry him to the fabled seaport of Gaza on a mission as personal as it is perilous -- where death will be the certain consequence of exposure... more

  • Children of the Storm (Amelia Peabody #15)
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    Children of the Storm (Amelia Peabody #15)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2003

    The fifteenth adventure for Amelia, Emerson and the whole Peabody-Emerson clan! At last the Great War is over. Amelia, her distinguished Egyptologist husband Emerson and their extended family are preparing for another season of excavation in Egypt. To everyone's great joy their son Ramses and his wife Nefret have become parents... more

  • Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody #16)
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    Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody #16)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2004

    This book is the lost season 1907-08 and fits in between books 10 and 11 if you want to read them in that order.Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson, along with their son Ramses and foster daughter Nefret, are summoned back to the Lost Oasis, a hidden stronghold in the western desert whose existence they discovered many years ago (in The Last Camel Died At Noon) and have kept secret from the entire world, including their fellow Egyptologists... more

  • The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody #17)
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    The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody #17)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2005

    It's 1922. Amelia Peabody and her family have returned to the Valley of the Kings, and look forward to delving once more into the mysteries buried in Egypt's sands. But a widow's strange story -- and even stranger request -- will plunge them into a storm of secrets, treachery, and murder.The woman has come bearing a treasure -- a golden likeness of a forgotten king -- which she claims is cursed... more

  • Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody #18)
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    Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody #18)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2006

    Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson and his intrepid wife, Amelia Peabody, seem to have hit a wall. Having been banned forever from the East Valley, Emerson, against Amelia's advice, has tried desperately to persuade Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to relinquish their digging rights... more

  • A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #19)
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    A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #19)

    Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters comes one of her most baffling and intriguing mysteries in her phenomenally popular Amelia Peabody series.August 1910. Banned from the Valley of the Kings, Amelia Peabody and husband Emerson are persuaded to follow would-be archaeologist Major George Morley on an expedition to Palestine... more

  • The Painted Queen (Amelia Peabody #20)
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    The Painted Queen (Amelia Peabody #20)

    Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2017

    Egypt, 1912—Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters’ bestselling, beloved mystery series... more

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