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Barbara Mertz was an Egyptologist who exchanged book accolades with my heroine, Phyllis A. Whitney. Although not as prolific as Phyllis: her novels are popular and widespread, as both Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters. “The Deeds Of The Disturber”, 1988, shows signs of this series improving. Elizabeth excelled at memorable characters, witty, colloquial dialogue, and fantastic plots. Her weakness was getting started, which was evidenced again.
When we come around to the point, this mystery is ...more
When we come around to the point, this mystery is ...more
Amelia's long-suffering son, Ramses, finally gets some redemption in this novel. She always assumes the worst of him when he often is the most observant member of the household and most aware of what's going on. I suspected the visiting cousins of some erring ways and it was good to see that play out. Perhaps Amelia will be slower to judgment of Ramses in the future. This novel keeps them in England for the summer and was quite interesting with Egyptian lore abounding but not the archaeological
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Nov 17, 2016
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*
marked it as tbr-mysteries
