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Amelia Peabody Series

20 primary works • 24 total works
"Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body..."
- Abdullah, p. 151, Lion in the Valley

Series Information:
Each book in the series is a stand-alone mystery which can be read without previous knowledge. However, the characters age throughout the series and events in previous books (including spoilers concerning some of …

Book 1

Crocodile on the Sandbank
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4.00 · 78843 Ratings · 6093 Reviews · published 1975 · 95 editions
Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Vi…

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    Book 2

    The Curse of the Pharaohs
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    4.00     · 26416 Ratings · 1825 Reviews · published 1981 · 63 editions
    Victorian Amelia Peabody continues to journal her …

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    Book 3

    The Mummy Case
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    4.02     · 20759 Ratings · 1235 Reviews · published 1985 · 10 editions
    Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow…

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    Book 4

    Lion in the Valley
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    4.13     · 18838 Ratings · 918 Reviews · published 1976 · 54 editions
    The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional o…

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    Book 5

    The Deeds of the Disturber
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    4.06     · 18261 Ratings · 795 Reviews · published 1978 · 66 editions
    Can fear kill? There are those who believe so but …

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    Book 6

    The Last Camel Died at Noon
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    4.20     · 18130 Ratings · 826 Reviews · published 1973 · 52 editions
    Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century…

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    Book 7

    The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
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    4.22     · 14771 Ratings · 616 Reviews · published 1992 · 54 editions
    Alternate cover for ISBN 13: 9780446364782

    Now, in …

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    Book 8

    The Hippopotamus Pool
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    4.18     · 13192 Ratings · 510 Reviews · published 1996 · 50 editions
    Amelia, her husband Emerson, their 13-year-old son…

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    Book 9

    Seeing a Large Cat
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    4.23     · 12232 Ratings · 486 Reviews · published 1997 · 57 editions
    'Stay away from tomb Twenty-Al' says an ominous me…

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    Book 10

    The Ape Who Guards the Balance
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    4.20     · 11924 Ratings · 456 Reviews · published 1998 · 50 editions
    The Ape Who Guards the Balance begins in 1907 in E…

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    Book 11

    The Falcon at the Portal
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    4.25     · 11721 Ratings · 495 Reviews · published 1999 · 40 editions
    Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 19…

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    Book 12

    He Shall Thunder in the Sky
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    4.36     · 11820 Ratings · 547 Reviews · published 2000 · 42 editions
    1914 finds archaelogists Amelia Peabody, narrator,…

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    Book 13

    Lord of the Silent
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    4.25     · 10586 Ratings · 367 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    Undeterred by world war and enemy submarines, Amel…

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    Book 14

    The Golden One
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    4.20     · 9275 Ratings · 371 Reviews · published 2002 · 61 editions
    A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War th…

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    Book 15

    Children of the Storm
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    4.26     · 8974 Ratings · 353 Reviews · published 1997 · 2 editions
    The fifteenth adventure for Amelia, Emerson and th…

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    Book 16

    Guardian of the Horizon
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    4.17     · 8464 Ratings · 373 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions
    This book is the lost season 1907-08 and fits in b…

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    Book 17

    The Serpent on the Crown
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    4.19     · 8946 Ratings · 381 Reviews · published 2005 · 54 editions
    A priceless relic has been delivered to the Emerso…

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    Book 18

    Tomb of the Golden Bird
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    4.17     · 8835 Ratings · 473 Reviews · published 2006 · 55 editions
    Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king T…

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    Book 19

    A River in the Sky
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    4.01     · 7974 Ratings · 753 Reviews · published 2010 · 27 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth P…

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    Book 20

    The Painted Queen
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    3.67     · 5312 Ratings · 883 Reviews · published 2017 · 14 editions
    Egypt, 1912—Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeol…

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    Book "The Vengeance of Sekhmet"

    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November/December 2021 Vol. 158 No. 5 & 6 Whole Nos. 962 & 963
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    3.33     · 12 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    Mystery periodical

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    Book 1+3

    Im Schatten des Todes. Der Mumienschrein. Zwei Romane in einem Band
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    4.07     · 28 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1975 · 1 edition

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    Book 1-3

    Three Complete Amelia Peabody Mysteries: Crocodile On The Sandbank, The Curse Of The Pharaohs, The Mummy Case
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    4.44     · 197 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1993 · 1 edition
    Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Bk 1) —…

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    Book 1-4

    Amelia Peabody Omnibus
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    4.29     · 456 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant…

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