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Dec 21, 2014WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wife, mother and intrepid traveller Amelia Peabody sets off for Egypt with too handsome and virile archaeologist husband Emerson, precocious son Ramses, the cats Bastet and Anubis, and beautiful ward Nefret, to excavate (they hope) an unpilfered tomb in Egypt. (The author has a doctorate in Egyptology and from her photograph I imagine she is the reincarnation of Amelia.) Grave robbers, antiques -- real and fake -- and encounters with "The Master Criminal" make for a lovely, light summer read.