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false <![CDATA[The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody, #10)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170621862m/64255.jpg 64255 19 Named 1998 Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America, Elizabeth Peters is also a doctor of Egyptology whose mysteries have submerged readers in the vivid turn-of-the-century world of Amelia Peabody. In The Ape Who Guards the Balance Peters captures the immediacy of uncovering a new Egyptian tomb within the context of a tightly plotted murder investigation involving the entire Emerson Peabody clan. The characters, including Amelia's husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and her gifted son, Ramses, are meticulously drawn. As in previous novels the dialogue is reminiscent of The Thin Man. When a man calls out to passing suffragettes, "You ought to be 'ome washin' your 'usband's trousers!" Ramses shoots back, "I assure you, sir, the lady's trousers are not in such sore need of laundering as your own." Peters also toys with differing narrative perspectives, and Ramses emerges as a possible successor to his mother's legacy of crime solving. 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. Suspecting that the Master Criminal, Sethos, is behind their problems, the Emerson Peabodys hasten to Egypt to continue their studies in the Valley of Kings where they soon acquire a papyrus of the Book of the Dead. As with past seasons, however, their archaeological expedition is interrupted. The murdered body of a woman is found in the Nile. Ramses, Radcliffe, and Amelia all have their theories as to the origin of the crime, but their own lives might soon be at stake if the cult of Thoth and their ancient book is, indeed, involved. Other Peabody mysteries include Seeing a Large Cat, The Hippopotamus Pool, The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, The Deeds of the Disturber, Lion in the Valley, The Curse of the Pharaohs, and Crocodile on the Sandbank. --Patrick O'Kelley 62382 1998 The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody, #10) total:1325|5:10|4:23|3:8|2:1|1:0| 1325 5362 1628 42 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:32:25 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:35:30 -0800 2008 read it. That is, I don't really pay a lot of attention to the details because the characters are such old friends. Not with this book. Yes, the characters are old friends, but there was so much...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:07:49 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:13:08 -0700 2009 Part of the fun is the insertion of journal entries from Ramses and Nefret wit...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 09:05:42 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 15:26:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:14:53 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:18:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 23:04:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 21:21:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:55:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 05:31:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue May 01 06:24:39 -0700 2007 Tue May 01 06:31:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 21:08:50 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 06:37:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 12:27:24 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:29:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 21:47:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 21:48:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 14:52:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 14:54:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 10 15:28:24 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:29:07 -0800 2009 2 4 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jun 25 11:49:13 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 11:49:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:09:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:10:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 04 11:05:35 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:05:35 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 10:58:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 10:59:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 20:27:36 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 19:21:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 10:57:03 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 09:45:52 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 16:21:20 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 04:23:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:12:25 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 12:14:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=64255