The Painted Queen: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y49DWCK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 119 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 1345 BC the sculptor Thutmose crafted the piece in tribute to the great beauty of this queen, who was also the chief consort of Pharaoh Akhenaten and stepmother to King Tutankhamun. Throughout her journey, a parade of men in monocles will die under suspicious circumstances, fascinating new relics will be unearthed, a diabolical mystery will be solved, and a brilliant criminal will offer his final challengeand perhaps be unmasked at last.. Most peculiarly, the stranger was wearing a gold-rimmed monocle in his left eye. Egypt, 1912. Among the few possessions he carried is a sheet of paper with Amelia's name and room number and a curious piece of pasteboard the size of a calling card bearing one word: "Judas". Discovering a terse note clearly meant for Emerson - "where were you?" - pushed under their door, there can be only one answer: the brilliant master of disguise, Sethos. It quickly becomes apparent that someone saved Amelia from a would-be assassin - someone who is keeping a careful eye on the intrepid Englishwoman. For Amelia, this excavation season will prove to be unforgettable. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia fin
A must read "last of the series" All Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) fans know that this was the Peabody mystery she had started, but not completed, when she passed away almost four years ago. A longtime friend and associate (Joan Hess) courageously took on the job of completing this work to give Amelia Peabody (et al) fans one last shot at the characters they've come to feel close to over the course of the last few decades.Why do I call this courageous? Because Peters' style had a rather uni. OutlawPoet said Warning: I'm an Elizabeth Peters Fan Girl!. The first Elizabeth Peters novel I read was The Seventh Sinner (highly recommended if you haven’t read it). After reading it, I immediately went and read every book of hers I could find. Then, when I discovered she also wrote under the name Barbara Michaels, I read those. In fact, my very first review on Amazon way back in 1999 was for an Elizabeth Peters book! I loved them all.But most of all, I found I loved her Amelia Peabody series.When Ms. Peters (Mi. Enjoyable and Nostalgic for a Long Time Fan Heidi Anne Heiner I've been reading Amelia Peabody titles for decades so was happy to get an ARC of what is technically the last book in the series, at least the last book written but left incomplete when Peters passed away. The tone and language is very much in Peters' vein. Also, we got more of Amelia than in some of the recent favorites. My biggest frustration is that I would have been happy for this to be the final book but there are a few elements of the story that are left