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“Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.” —New York Times Book Review Intrepid archaeologist and superior sleuth Amelia Peabody returns in A River in the Sky. In this breathtaking new adventure, New York Times bestselling Grand Master...

In her best-selling Amelia Peabody mysteries, author Elizabeth Peters has created an award-winning mixture of vivid archeological detail, finely-tuned suspense, and witty romance. This, the 12th Amelia Peabody mystery, opens in 1914. As the tides of war rise, Egypt is threatened by attacks. Espionage abounds, pulling in several members of the Peabody Emerson household even as they embark on a new archeological season.

An intriguing romance arises between two of the most unlikely characters and it is heightened by the secret language of flowers. The green-eyed monster, jealousy, causes an inevitable conflict and the rising tension creates a catastrophe which triggers a totally unexpected train of events.

Olivia Sheldon has travelled across the world to marry a man she does not love. Reluctant to leave England but coerced into the marriage, Olivia's reward is being reunited with her estranged sister, Clara. Her punishment is falling impossibly and illicitly in love with the enigmatic Captain Edward Bertram. Then one scorching day Clara is abducted from Alexandria's busiest street. Desperate to find her sister - and the truth about her disappearance - Olivia becomes embroiled in Egypt's shadowy underworld, risking both her life and future with Edward.

It's a sad duty that brings Alafair Tucker and her two daughters to Enid, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1915. Her sister Ruth Anne's husband, Lester, is not long for this world, and the family is gathering to send him to his reward. But her niece's irresponsible husband, Kenneth, has disappeared at a most inconvenient time.

Set during the 1920s, Elvira De Poulain, a Spanish painter based in Paris, receives news that her estranged husband, now running the family textile business in China, has died in his house in Shanghai under strange circumstances and that she must make appropriate funeral arrangements.

International consultant Prescott Sweet's mission is to bring justice to countries suffering from America's imperialistic interventions. With his outspoken artist wife, Loretta, and their two children, he lives a life of equality and continental elegance amid Europe's glittering capitals - beyond anything he ever dared hope for. But he is still a man in hiding, from his past with the Bureau, from British Intelligence - and from his own tempting, dangerous skill at high-level espionage.

The Civil War has just ended and world-weary Sheriff Jesse Smith likes his town quiet and peaceful. One night, the body of a young woman is found torn apart, and that peace is shattered as it dawns on him that a predator is among them. With little to go on, all the men in the town are potential suspects, and Jesse begins an investigation that spans the social spectrum. Unable to find the killer, the mayor goes against Jesse's wishes and brings in bounty hunters. But the cure may be more dangerous than the disease.

Abril de 1915. La Primera Guerra Mundial sigue su implacable marcha. Entre las tropas británicas enviadas al frente, se hallan los hermanos Reavley. Joseph, el mayot de los tres, ejerce de capellán en las trincheras, mientras que Judith es conductora y traductora del general que está al mando del ejército británico.

Attentat im Fürstenhaus - Fürstin Auguste Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis setzt Mörder auf ihren eigenen Ehemann an. Durch Spione hat Seine Durchlaucht aber längst von diesen Plänen erfahren und stellt seiner Gemahlin eine Falle. Doch die Intrige hat einen doppelten Boden. Was unglaublich klingt, ist tatsächlich geschehen - in Regensburg im Jahre 1775. Mit seiner unverwechselbaren Stimme haucht Sky du Mont der spannendsten Intrige des Hauses Thurn und Taxis neues Leben ein: Lauschen Sie einem wahren Abenteuer aus der schillernden Zeit des Rokoko.