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I don't remember the last time I read an Elizabeth Peters book, decades probably, but I am very glad I read this one. Yes, there is a murder mystery, but really the strength of this book relies on the wonderful relationship between Peabody, Emerson, their incredibly precocious son Ramses, and the humor that is on every page.
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I could have sworn that I had listened to this on audio but when I read the book all I remembered was the chamber of the black pyramid being underwater.
This book was not nearly as much fun as the first one. The story meandered too much and at the end the characters had to explain the results because they were too confusing. I may give the series one more chance though, because the characters are so much fun.
Ramses is a great sendup of that old Garrison Keillor trope, "and all the children are above-average." He's patently unrealistic, but still utterly charming.
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