The Hippopotamus Pool
When a masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queen's lost tomb to Amelia and Emerson in 1900, they are intrigued to say the least. But the guide mysteriously disappears, leaving them to sail to Thebes to follow his trail....
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When a masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queen's lost tomb to Amelia and Emerson in 1900, they are intrigued to say the least. But the guide mysteriously disappears, leaving them to sail to Thebes to follow his trail. The fact that Ramses and Nefret are along on the journey both helps and hampers efforts to solve this mystery. Soon all four are risking their lives as they foil kidnappers, grave robbers and ancient curses. And intrepid Amelia finds herself faced with a surprising new villain who is every bit as clever and resourceful as she is!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781455572397 (145557239X)
Publish date: July 30th 2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Humor,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Cozy Mystery,
Egypt
Series: Amelia Peabody (#8)
Another great adventure! I was glad to see Walter & Evelyn included this time and I just love how the Emersons acquire new kids, animals etc. like a buying a new pair of shoes. lol Looking forward to the next one...
Great book, one of my favorite in the series.
A classic Amelia Peabody mystery. We get a few interesting twists in this one : Evelyn and Walter join Amelia and Emerson in the search for a Queen's royal Tomb and Amelia picks up two other stray : Sir Edward a young man who no doubt will turn up again much like O'Connell the journalist and David t...
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