Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) in The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

Sep 21, 2020 Lillie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.5 stars fun revisit to an old favorite in audiobook format

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Dec 29, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, ultimate-reading-list, ebooks, crime, historical-fiction, fiction, novels, mystery

This book is great fun, and the main reason is the voice and character Peters creates in the person of Amelia Peabody. Formidable doesn't begin to describe her as she barrels forward turning over any opposition to her will. But you can't help liking Amelia, I think because of her own self-deprecation as well as her basic compassion. There's plenty of humor in the book, which is part of what makes it so enjoyable. In that way among the books I've read recently it reminds me of Evanovich's Stephan ...more

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Jun 15, 2024 Maddie rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5/5
I’m glad to have read this book that must have been inspiration for one of my favorite series, Veronica Speedwell, but I don’t think I will continue in the series. This was definitely a dated story (originally from 1975) but I can see how it would have been more cutting edge at the time.

After inheriting a good deal of money, 32-year-old spinster Amelia Peabody travels to Egypt with a new friend (and “project”) Evelyn, where they meet archeologists excavating Egyptian ruins and (maybe?) a m ...more

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Dec 04, 2010 Laura-nassidesa Eschbaugh rated it it was amazing

I have read the complete series of Ameilia peabody and her family. They are great fun

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Sep 17, 2009 Heather (DeathByBook) rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, historical, read-2011-spring, 1st-in-series, egypt, archaeology, location-location-location, bloomsbury-100-crime-novels, booksfree, series

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