The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
 

The Ape Who Guards the Balance : An Amelia Peabody Mystery

by Elizabeth Peters

All hail the jubilant return of the redoubtable Amelia Peabody! Together with her sexy yet irascible archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson; their handsome but wily heir, Ramses; Ramses' inscrutably elegant friend David; and the elder Emerson's ward: beautiful, trouble-seeking Nefret Forth--Edwardian Egypt may never be the same. The tenth in an award winning series, here is splendid... (read more)

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Wow--This one really confirms the new direction of the series. With more adults in the mix since the 'children' have grown more adult issues come up, as well as multiple mysteries and abductions. It should almost be called the Emerson Family Mysteries, now.

With the continued addition of 'Manuscript H' and the mysterious 'Manuscript B' we see another side of each of the characters. In fact, Amelia can sometimes seem a bit arrogant now. I suppose she was always rather self-assured,...

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