Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ Tomb of the Golden Bird

Posted January 2, 2011 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews

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Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ Tomb of the Golden Bird

Tomb of the Golden Bird


by

Elizabeth Peters


It is part of the Amelia Peabody #19 series and is a historical mystery in a hardcover edition that was published by William Morrow on March 28, 2006 and has 381 pages.

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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Lord of the Silent, The Golden One, Children of the Storm, Guardian of the Horizon, The Serpent on the Crown, A River in the Sky, The Painted Queen, Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Mummy Case, Lion in the Valley, The Deeds of the Disturber, The Last Camel Died at Noon, The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, The Hippopotamus Pool, Seeing a Large Cat, The Ape Who Guards the Balance, Guardian of the Horizon, A River in the Sky, He Shall Thunder in the Sky, The Falcon at the Portal

Nineteenth in the Amelia Peabody historical mystery series featuring a strong-willed woman archeologist.

The golden bird refers to the rise of the curse that any involved in opening King Tut’s tomb will die…bwah-hah-hah. In this episode, Emerson is afflicted with a case of honor and allows Carter to find King Tut’s tomb. After that, everything falls apart.

Sethos appears in need of nursing while being chased by, it seems, both sides. Everyone is after Tut’s treasure. Margaret is thought to be under threat of kidnapping. David, Sennia, and Gargery show up to do illustrations for a London newspaper and Gargery is kidnapped…we think. Mr. Smith gets even more cryptic. And someone is reporting on the Emersons’ activities but is it Sethos, Suzanne, Nadji, or someone else…

As usual the Emersons are under the gun and willing to play it through.