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Crocodile on the Sandbank
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
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September 12, 2020
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October 9, 2020
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Buddy reads
Why we're reading this
We have some Elizabeth Peters fans in the group, and decided to buddy read the first Amelia Peabody book.

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What Members Thought

SewingandCaring
Sep 29, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: detectives
I'm currently on book 11 of the series and the events of book 10 put me in the mind set to go back to the start and give this one a re-read, I was not disappointed.

finished the series and re-read again. Above still stands :D ...more
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Tania
May 05, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction
3.5. I'm rounding up. ...more
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Anna
Nov 03, 2013 marked it as historical-crime-series  ·  review of another edition
Hayley
Nov 12, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Frank
Apr 12, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery
Jamie
Jun 16, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Darcy
Jul 18, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jennifer Kloester
Oct 08, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2014
Terri Troelsen
Jun 19, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Adrienne
Sep 07, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Barbara
May 26, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Dana
Oct 24, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nickleby
Jul 13, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: misc-mysteries
Raj Datta
Aug 04, 2018 rated it really liked it
Laia
Aug 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: to-buy
Dana
Oct 16, 2018 rated it really liked it
SewingandCaring
Dec 14, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Vanessa
Jul 05, 2019 marked it as murder-mayhem
Infosifter
Jan 15, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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