The Deeds of the Disturber (Dramatized Adaptation): Amelia Peabody, Book 5

by Elizabeth Peters, Full Cast (Narrator)

When the body of a night watchman is found sprawled in the shadow of a rare 19th-Dynasty mummy case, panic ensues. For no one doubts that the guard's untimely demise is the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. No one, that is, except that tart-tongued Victorian Egyptologist, Amelia Peabody, whose remarkable talent for criminal investigation has frustrated villains from London to Cairo.

Now fresh from her daring exploits in exotic Egypt, Amelia, her sexy archaeologist husband, Emerson, and their catastrophically precocious son, Ramses, have returned to their native England just in time to get wrapped up in the intrigue. It's a mystery worthy of Amelia's superior sleuthing, but can she elude the vile clutches of the real perpetrator long enough to uncover his identity...or is she destined to wind up as his next victim?

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Narrated by Nanette Savard. Featuring Nanette Savard as Amelia Peabody, Michael Glenn as Radcliffe Emerson, Marni Penning as Ramses Emerson, and Troy Allan as Kevin O'Connell. With additional performances by Carolyn Kashner, Ken Jackson, Christopher Tester, Peter Holdway, Arden Wannall, Nora Achrati, Mike Carnes, Martin Dickinson, Kay Elúvian, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Charlie Albers, Ella Lynch, Steven Carpenter, Matthew Bassett, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Williams, Michael John Casey, Niusha Nawab, Danielle Cohen, Jenna Sharpe, Donald Guzzi, Stewart Crank, Jeri J. Marshall, Scott McCormick, and Elias Khalil.

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Published February 24, 2026

About the author

Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also wrote as Barbara Michaels as well as her own name. Born and brought up in Illinois, she earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Mertz was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lived in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, western Maryland until her death.