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Peters, Elizabeth [ Pseudonym Of Barbara Mertz]

The Ape Who Guards the Balance

Avon Twilight, 1998

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Year of publication
1998
ISBN
0380976579
Place of printing
New York
Author
Peters, Elizabeth [ Pseudonym Of Barbara Mertz]
Publishers
Avon Twilight
Edition
1st US Edition.
Keyword
MYSTERY FICTION ANCIENT EGYPT AMELIA PEABODY
Cover description
New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

The 10th Amelia Peabody mystery "The Ape Who Guards the Balance begins in 1907 in England where Amelia is attending a suffragettes' rally outside the home of Mr. Geoffrey Romer of the House of Commons. It seems Romer is one of the few remaining private collectors of Egyptian antiquities, and a series of bizarre events at the protest soon embroil Amelia in grave personal danger. Suspecting that the Master Criminal, Sethos, is behind their problems, the Emerson Peabodys hasten to Egypt to continue their studies in the Valley of Kings where they soon acquire a papyrus of the Book of the Dead. As with past seasons, however, their archaeological expedition is interrupted. The murdered body of a woman is found in the Nile. Ramses, Radcliffe, and Amelia all have their theories as to the origin of the crime, but their own lives might soon be at stake if the cult of Thoth and their ancient book is, indeed, involved."