Good book for teenage girls. Nice mystery adventure story with a little romance.

The main character is a strong and fascinating woman named Amelia Peabody, an excellent role model. Other characters were also interesting. I laughed out loud a few times at some clever lines.

Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: none. Setting 1884 mostly Egypt (some England and Rome). Copyright: 1975. Genre: young adult, mystery, adventure.

There are many books in this series. I've read two of the books. This one and Lion in the Valley which I gave 3 stars.

Following are the titles of the books with the setting years in parentheses. The years that these books were published range from 1975 to current. The setting years range from 1887 to 1922. The following list may not be complete, but is given as a starting point for someone wanting to try the series from the beginning.

Crocodile on the Sandbank (1884-85), Curse of the Pharoahs (1892-93), The Mummy Case (1994-95), Lion in the Valley (1895-96), The Deeds of the Disturber (1896), The Last Camel Died at Noon (1897-98), The Snake ,The Crocodile, and The Dog (1898-99), The Hippopotamus Pool (1899-1900), Seeing a Large Cat (1903-04), The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1906-07), Guardian of the Horizon (1907-08), The Falcon at the Portal (1911-12), He Shall Thunder in the Sky (1914-15), Lord of the Silent (1915-16), The Golden One (1916-17), Children of the Storm (1919-20), The Serpent on the Crown (1922), Tomb of the Golden Bird (1922).