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Amelia Peabody Series

20 primary works • 24 total works
"Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body..."
- Abdullah, p. 151, Lion in the Valley

Series Information:
Each book in the series is a stand-alone mystery which can be read without previous knowledge. However, the characters age throughout the series and events in previous books (including spoilers concerning some of …

Book 1

Crocodile on the Sandbank
by
4.00 · 79883 Ratings · 6218 Reviews · published 1975 · 95 editions
Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Vi…

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    Book 2

    The Curse of the Pharaohs
    by
    4.00     · 26865 Ratings · 1857 Reviews · published 1981 · 65 editions
    Victorian Amelia Peabody continues to journal her …

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    Book 3

    The Mummy Case
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    4.02     · 21063 Ratings · 1257 Reviews · published 1985 · 3 editions
    Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow…

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    Book 4

    Lion in the Valley
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    4.13     · 19077 Ratings · 932 Reviews · published 1976 · 54 editions
    The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional o…

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    Book 5

    The Deeds of the Disturber
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    4.06     · 18490 Ratings · 808 Reviews · published 1978 · 66 editions
    Can fear kill? There are those who believe so but …

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    Book 6

    The Last Camel Died at Noon
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    4.20     · 18334 Ratings · 844 Reviews · published 1991 · 52 editions
    Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century…

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    Book 7

    The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
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    4.22     · 14951 Ratings · 634 Reviews · published 1992 · 55 editions
    Alternate cover for ISBN 13: 9780446364782

    Now, in …

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    Book 8

    The Hippopotamus Pool
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    4.18     · 13327 Ratings · 519 Reviews · published 1996 · 50 editions
    Amelia, her husband Emerson, their 13-year-old son…

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    Book 9

    Seeing a Large Cat
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    4.24     · 12402 Ratings · 498 Reviews · published 1997 · 57 editions
    'Stay away from tomb Twenty-Al' says an ominous me…

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    Book 10

    The Ape Who Guards the Balance
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    4.20     · 12071 Ratings · 463 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
    The Ape Who Guards the Balance begins in 1907 in E…

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    Book 11

    The Falcon at the Portal
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    4.25     · 11843 Ratings · 500 Reviews · published 1999 · 40 editions
    Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 19…

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    Book 12

    He Shall Thunder in the Sky
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    4.36     · 11932 Ratings · 555 Reviews · published 2000 · 46 editions
    1914 finds archaelogists Amelia Peabody, narrator,…

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    Book 13

    Lord of the Silent
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    4.25     · 10687 Ratings · 373 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    Undeterred by world war and enemy submarines, Amel…

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    Book 14

    The Golden One
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    4.21     · 9377 Ratings · 379 Reviews · published 2002 · 62 editions
    A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War th…

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    Book 15

    Children of the Storm
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    4.26     · 9067 Ratings · 357 Reviews · published 1997 · 62 editions
    The fifteenth adventure for Amelia, Emerson and th…

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    Book 16

    Guardian of the Horizon
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    4.17     · 8563 Ratings · 377 Reviews · published 2004 · 40 editions
    This book is the lost season 1907-08 and fits in b…

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    Book 17

    The Serpent on the Crown
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    4.19     · 9056 Ratings · 382 Reviews · published 2005 · 53 editions
    A priceless relic has been delivered to the Emerso…

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    Book 18

    Tomb of the Golden Bird
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    4.17     · 8939 Ratings · 478 Reviews · published 2006 · 55 editions
    Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king T…

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    Book 19

    A River in the Sky
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    4.01     · 8086 Ratings · 756 Reviews · published 2010 · 27 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth P…

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    Book 20

    The Painted Queen
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    3.67     · 5370 Ratings · 887 Reviews · published 2017 · 14 editions
    Egypt, 1912—Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeol…

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    Book "The Vengeance of Sekhmet"

    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November/December 2021 Vol. 158 No. 5 & 6 Whole Nos. 962 & 963
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    3.33     · 12 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    Mystery periodical

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    Book 1+3

    Im Schatten des Todes. Der Mumienschrein. Zwei Romane in einem Band
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    4.07     · 28 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1975 · 1 edition

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    Book 1-3

    Three Complete Amelia Peabody Mysteries: Crocodile On The Sandbank, The Curse Of The Pharaohs, The Mummy Case
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    4.43     · 196 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1993 · 1 edition
    Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Bk 1) —…

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    Book 1-4

    Amelia Peabody Omnibus
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    4.29     · 464 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant…

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