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Loading... The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback))af Elizabeth PetersSerier: Amelia Peabody - Pub (5), Amelia Peabody - Chron (5)
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ja! Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. 1   wookiebender | Oct 12, 2009 |  knepveu | Jun 23, 2009 | I didn’t think that this was the best one of the series. It had a plot but it wasn’t very interesting. The romantic tension between the girl reporter and our old friend Kevin O’Connell was a little forced. There wasn’t a clear suspect to suspect in this one. The villain was pulled out of nowhere & we readers didn’t even really have anyone in mind to think about. Yah, a weak attempt at framing the aristocracy was around but I didn’t even have interest in it. Luckily there was humor and the writing was as good as always. (  ) Bookmarque | Jun 9, 2009 | A guard is killed in the British museum, but Amelia doubts it is the result of a Nineteenth Dynasty curse. The chase is on... nolak | May 6, 2009 | I don't think this book was as strong as the others in the series. Maybe it is because it wasn't set in Egypt. (  ) Crewman_Number_6 | Mar 5, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0380731959, Mass Market Paperback)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. What--or who--killed the unfortunate man is a mystery that seems too intriguingly delicious for Amelia to pass up, especially now that she, her dashing archaeologist husband, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, are back on Britain's shores. But a contemporary curse can be as lethal as one centuries old--and the foggy London thoroughfares can be as treacherous as the narrow, twisting alleyways of Cairo after dark--when a perpetrator of evil deeds sets his murderous sights on his relentless pursuer...Amelia Peabody! 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. What--or who--killed the unfortunate man is a mystery that seems too intriguingly delicious for Amelia to pass up, especially now that she, her dashing archaeologist husband, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, are back on Britain's shores. But a contemporary curse can be as lethal as one centuries old--and the foggy London thoroughfares can be as treacherous as the narrow, twisting alleyways of Cairo after dark--when a perpetrator of evil deeds sets his murderous sights on his relentless pursuer...Amelia Peabody!(hentet fra Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) Den første test runde er færdig. Besøg Open Shelves Classification gruppen for flere detaljer. |
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Ms Peabody is the embodiment of anachronism, but we love her for it. Her modern feminism, her stout parasol (steel reinforced) and rejection of fashion, her undying love for Emerson and Egyptian archaeology, her complete utter and unwavering belief in her intellectual superiority, her fabulous hourglass shape, her unbridled enthusiasm for sex, and her intolerance for anyone vacuous makes her a heroine unlike any other.
In this book, the fifth in the series, takes a turn from the earlier books in that Amelia and Emerson are in London instead of Egypt, and are solving a murder that looks as if it may be a mummy's curse. This gives us a nice breather from hot and dusty Egypt, re-introduces some earlier characters who haven't been seen for a while, and allows Amelia to be let loose in a different city, dealing with over-enthusiastic journalists, opium dens, and some very ill behaved young family members.
And, as usual, I chortled happily all the way through. (