Amelia Peabody Mysteries
Theatre Library AssociationâFreedley Award FinalistThe New York Times bestselling âGrande Dame of historical mysteryâ (Washington Post) returns with another thrilling tale of mystery.As the 1921â22 season begins, the Emersons are enjoying a busy period of excavation in Egypt, when they hear a lurid description of a manâs mysterious death. His widow is convinced he died of a curse, and implores the Emersons to return the âdeadlyâ little statue that killed him to the tomb from which it was stolenâbefore it adds her to its list of victims. Clearly, it would be a serious error for the Emersons to start chasing tomb robbers, just when they have finally received permission to return to the Valley of the Kings, from which they were barred several years earlier. But the family soon realizes that the curse may be more real than they ever imagined ⊠and they may be the next victims.
