Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ Seeing a Large Cat
Cairo. 1903. Amelia Peabody dreams of a large cat while on a dig in the Valley of Kings. But it’s not good luck; it’s a warning . . . with Ramses and Nefret in danger.
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Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Hippopotamus Pool
The promise of an undisturbed royal tomb vies with evils that include the Hippopotamus Man — and an irresistible temptation for art thieves, jealous colleagues, looters, the press, and countless other evil-doers. As Ramses and Nefret rub elbows with thieves and thugs, Peabody finds herself faced with a surprising new villain who is every bit as clever and resourceful as the intrepid Amelia herself.
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
The 19th-century Egyptologist and her dashing husband, Emerson, return to Amarna, where they first fell in love. When Emerson is kidnapped, Amelia must rescue her husband, find the culprit, and save her marriage.
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Last Camel Died at Noon
Amelia and her dashing husband Emerson set off for a promising archaeological site in the Sudan, only to be unwillingly drawn into the search for an African explorer and his young bride who have been missing for 12 years.
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Deeds of the Disturber
Back in London after an archaeological dig, adventurous sleuth Amelia Peabody—“rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, and Miss Marple all rolled into one”—discovers that a night watchman at the museum has perished in the shadow of a mummy case
Book Review: J.R. Ward’s The Wolf
Things get steamy when Lucan, a wolven forced into bartering drug deals, meets Rio, the second in command for the shadowy Caldwell supplier, Mozart. Shocking truths unfurl, and Rio is uncertain who to trust even as true love rears its head and growls in the face of danger.
Book Review: Darynda Jones’ A Good Day for Chardonnay
An adventurous raccoon, a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder.
Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s The Lark and the Wren
A brag made in anger finds Rune at risk of death, unless she can keep the Ghost of Skull Hill enthralled. It’s a musical performance that could end in death or the beginning of a whole new life.
Book Review: Kristen Painter’s The Trouble With Witches
Emeranth Greer needs to escape her past and make a fresh start in Shadowvale—a town that proves to be far better than she imagined—with the aunt she’s never met. Then she meets raven shifter Deacon Evermore. But when Em’s past catches up with her, it nearly destroys their budding romance. Can a cursed man clear her name…or will her history destroy them both?
Book Review: Kristen Painter’s Her First Taste of Fire
Both Nasha Black and Charlie Ashborne are cursed and reluctant for anyone to know, yet when Nasha shows up at his shop desperate for more of his chocolate, the two strike a bargain. Charlie will do anything to avoid the dragon census mating games.