Nothing particularly new or earth-shattering but I'm not a glommer so I'm OK with a formula when that formula works for me. Reading an Amelia Peabody book is like meeting with old friends. If your friends are spies and dashing archeologists in the Egyptian desert circa WWI. There are nefarious tomb robbers, potential double agents and ill-mannered young men all of whom (of course) get their Peabody-Emerson (and Vandergelt) comeuppance. As you can tell, I love spending time with these characters so honestly even though the mystery is kind of weak in this one I can't give it less than 4*s.
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I'm an animal lover, unapologetic genre reader and quiet goodreads exile still trying to figure this whole blog thing out. :) I read across a lot of genres but mostly romance, mystery & fantasy (urban & epic).
Nothing particularly new or earth-shattering but I'm not a glommer so I'm OK with a formula when that formula works for me. Reading an Amelia Peabody book is like meeting with old friends. If your friends are spies and dashing archeologists in the Egyptian desert circa WWI. There are nefarious tomb robbers, potential double agents and ill-mannered young men all of whom (of course) get their Peabody-Emerson (and Vandergelt) comeuppance. As you can tell, I love spending time with these characters so honestly even though the mystery is kind of weak in this one I can't give it less than 4*s.
