MONICA V. (mvtrekkie) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 231 more book reviews
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This book is a hardback book.
Mary B. S. reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 517 more book reviews
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My favorite of this series so far. Emerson and Peabody return to Egypt alone. They hope to recreate their time before Ramses but Emerson is kidnapped and instead Peabody must rescue him and than hold things together because he has amnesia and remembers nothing of the past. Very good book
Carillion T. (mysterymama) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 50 more book reviews
This book didn't seem to be as well thought out as many of the Peabody series. It is still good, but just not quite up to her standard with the other books.
Rosemarie S. reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 69 more book reviews
oooooh! What a delicious complex plot. Amelia and Emerson are back in Egypt. Evil on their tail. I pride myself at guessing endings. This one threw me for a loop! Great read!!!!!
Jorja R. reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 11 more book reviews
This was a really enjoyable read.
Alice K. reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 11 more book reviews
Love this series.
Sherri R. (drawsit) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 17 more book reviews
Very good. Archeology and a good mystery !
Kay W. (kadydid) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 32 more book reviews
If you are an Amelia Peabody fan then you'll love this one.
Jamie E. reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 2 more book reviews
I am really enjoying the book. I have read many of the later books in the series. It is nice to get the beginning of the story.
Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 1032 more book reviews
Seventh in the series. Amelia and Emerson leap at the chance to leave the kids at home and head for Egypt on their own. As soon as they get there, attempts are made to grab each of them, ostensibly to obtain information leading to a fabulous lost city only they know of. Emerson gets kidnapped only to be rescued by Amelia with a little help from friends. But, oh no, Emerson has amnesia and doesn't even remember he's married. There's nothing to do but follow him into the desert as he goes about his life as it was before he met Amelia, except of course the bad guys are still after them.
I wanted to like this series. I can see the things that made it so popular - it's got that sort of slapstick set-up, the characters are amusing, the dialogue is witty, and the exotic location plus actual real history. I have liked the first ones, so perhaps for me it suffered from being read out of order, although there's certainly enough backstory given that I wasn't lost. I especially liked the letters from Ramses - in the last one I read he was only about 5. But this story was so leisurely, and so convoluted, that it took me days to get through it. I kept putting it down in favor of almost anything else. I knew who the spy in the midst was very early on, which didn't help. Perhaps if I'd been more careful to read them in order...I have most of this series in my TBR stack, and because I've enjoyed others I will give at least one more of them a try.
I wanted to like this series. I can see the things that made it so popular - it's got that sort of slapstick set-up, the characters are amusing, the dialogue is witty, and the exotic location plus actual real history. I have liked the first ones, so perhaps for me it suffered from being read out of order, although there's certainly enough backstory given that I wasn't lost. I especially liked the letters from Ramses - in the last one I read he was only about 5. But this story was so leisurely, and so convoluted, that it took me days to get through it. I kept putting it down in favor of almost anything else. I knew who the spy in the midst was very early on, which didn't help. Perhaps if I'd been more careful to read them in order...I have most of this series in my TBR stack, and because I've enjoyed others I will give at least one more of them a try.
Maurene G. (HayabusaLvr) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 90 more book reviews
This is probably my fave of this series. As intended, it takes you back to the beginning of the characters' relationship.
Kay S. (janezfan) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 79 more book reviews
Victorian age archaeologists Amelia Peabody and autocratic husband Emerson Radcliffe are on yet another dig in Egypt, this time without formidable teenaged son Ramses, left back in England along with Nefret, the young girl brought out of the desert in secret circumstances during the last expedition (The Last Camel Died at Noon). These circumstances, amid rumors of a lost oasis rich in treasure, lead before long to Emerson's kidnapping; his rescue by indomitable Amelia and ever-faithful Abdullah; and Emerson's post-rescue amnesia. None of this halts the explorations at a tomb that Amelia hopes will turn out to be that of Nefertiti. Much help is provided by philanthropist-amateur archaeologist Cyrus Vandergelt, an American somewhat smitten with Amelia. But enemies old and new abound--ambushes, attacks, and villains in disguise proliferate in exasperating confusion--until the inevitable happy ending and the defeat of all foes, including the equally inevitable Master Criminal.
Joan K. (Smokey) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 265 more book reviews
Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson travel up the Nile in search of Nefertiti's tomb.
Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, Bk 7) on + 1568 more book reviews
--Another absolutely rollicking book in the Amelia Peabody series--
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer "Amelia Peabody Emerson, archeologist extraordinaire, and arguably the most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra, is digging in again."
Aboard a boat traveling up the Nile, their delightful(but catastrophically precocious) son, Ramses, having been left back in England, Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, just might have a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertitti's tomb. On the other hand, they might be heading toward murder. Or worse.
A beautiful, exotic slave woman, an enigmatic Oriental cat, and a den of conspirators unite in attempts to snatch away Amelia's happiness unless she reveals a secret she cannot ethically disclose.
So now, as the couple arrives at the remote desert site of Amarna, they will confront danger behind the sand dunes, a nefarious kidnapping plot, and a villain in disguise among their own retinue. Amelia is tantalizingly close to the most fabulous discovery since King Tut's tomb, but as hard as she digs, what she uncovers is a shocking present-day peril: the loss of treasures far more precious than any antiquity--her husband's love or both their lives.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer "Amelia Peabody Emerson, archeologist extraordinaire, and arguably the most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra, is digging in again."
Aboard a boat traveling up the Nile, their delightful(but catastrophically precocious) son, Ramses, having been left back in England, Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, just might have a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertitti's tomb. On the other hand, they might be heading toward murder. Or worse.
A beautiful, exotic slave woman, an enigmatic Oriental cat, and a den of conspirators unite in attempts to snatch away Amelia's happiness unless she reveals a secret she cannot ethically disclose.
So now, as the couple arrives at the remote desert site of Amarna, they will confront danger behind the sand dunes, a nefarious kidnapping plot, and a villain in disguise among their own retinue. Amelia is tantalizingly close to the most fabulous discovery since King Tut's tomb, but as hard as she digs, what she uncovers is a shocking present-day peril: the loss of treasures far more precious than any antiquity--her husband's love or both their lives.
