The Deeds of the Distruber Author:Elizabeth Peters "The Deeds of the Disturber" finds Amelia in London with husband Radcliffe Emerson, the archeologist of such irascible temper that the Egyptians call him Father of Curses, and son, the catastrophically precocious Ramses. Quickly the trio find themselves caught up in an intrigue surrounding the dignified British Museum. A lowly night watchman, wi... more »th a look of horror frozen on his face, sprawled on the floor before a "haunted" mummy case; a newspaper headline that asks, "Can Fear Kill?"; a pair of dissolute aristorcrats; a lady of dubious reputation whose shady past intersects with Emerson's bachelor days; super-natural curses; and a homicidal lunatic disguised as an ancient Sem priest are all party of the mystery.« less