Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters

Now this is my first adult book review so please be gentle with me as I try to get a blance between trying to tell you all about the book without giving the plot away. I started to read the Elizabeth Peters books several years ago and got hooked on her amusing style of writing which I think is very mischievous and tongue in cheek. She has written several books and different series including the Amelia Peabody mysteries of which Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first. She has also written a series called the Vicky Bliss mysteries About the Author ******************* Now Elizabeth Peters is a nom de plume and her real name is Barbara G. Mertz ...  Read the complete review

Since I had to suggest this book to Dooyoo in order to write a review, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that not that many people are familar with Elizabeth Peters' work. Which suits me just fine, as I LOVE her books, and can happily put off essay marking for half an hour to ramble about them. Elizabeth Peters - the authoress >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Elizabeth Peters is the pen-name of the Egyptologist Barbara Mertz. Whilst Mertz isn't the best published or most academically lauded of scholars, she is trained, and this shows in her Amelia Peabody series, of ...  Read the complete review