Elizabeth Peters
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Elizabeth Peters (a pen-name of Barbara Mertz, born 29 September 1927 in Canton, Illinois, USA) has written many books in the mystery genre, featuring strong female protagonists and many archaeological connections. Her Amelia Peabody series, involving the exploits of an entire family of Egyptologists in the early 1900s, is her most popular work. This prolific author also writes under the name Barbara Michaels, specializing in romance novels and thrillers. Dr. Mertz also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Egyptology.
Amelia Peabody
As of 2006, this series contains 18 books; the most recent, Tomb of the Golden Bird, was published in April 2006. The eponymous heroine is an Egyptologist and is married with one child. The stories are mostly set in Egypt; the time period covered ranges from the late 1800s to after the First World War.
The books of the series are in order:
- Crocodile on the Sandbank
- Curse of the Pharaohs
- The Mummy Case
- Lion in the Valley
- 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
- The Falcon at the Portal
- He Shall Thunder in the Sky
- Lord of the Silent
- The Golden One
- Children of the Storm
- Guardian of the Horizon
- Serpent on the Crown
- Tomb of the Golden Bird
Non-fiction
Amelia Peabody's Egypt (2003) is a companion to the series.Vicky Bliss
The Vicky Bliss novels follow the adventures of an American professor of art history who keeps getting involved in international crime. Another Peters novel, The Camelot Caper (1969), while not technically a Vicky Bliss story, features another important character in the series. The novels can be enjoyed in any order, but the stories are highly sequential in nature and are probably better appreciated if read in order of publication.
- Borrower of the Night (1973)
- Street of the Five Moons (1978)
- Silhouette in Scarlet (1983)
- Trojan Gold (1987)
- Night Train to Memphis (1994)
Jacqueline Kirby
Jaqueline Kirby is a librarian with a very large purse and a knack for solving mysteries.
Other fiction
- The Jackal's Head (1968)
- The Camelot Caper (1969) - see above
- The Dead Sea Cipher (1970)
- The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits (1971)
- Legend in Green Velvet (1976)
- Devil-May-Care (1977)
- Summer of the Dragon (1979)
- The Love Talker (1980)
- The Copenhagen Connection (1982)
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