Night Train to Memphis, Elizabeth Peters
Night Train to Memphis, Elizabeth Peters
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Night Train to Memphis

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 13 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Synopsis

An assistant curator of Munich’s National Museum, Vicky Bliss is no expert on Egypt, but she does have a Ph.D. in solving crimes. So when an intelligence agency offers her a luxury Nile cruise if she’ll help solve a murder and stop a heist of Egyptian antiquities, all 5’11” of her takes the plunge. Vicky suspects the authorities really want her to lead them to her missing lover, the art thief and master of disguises she knows only as “Sir John Smythe.” And right in the shadow of the Sphinx she spots him … with his new flame. Vicky is so furious at this romantic stab-in-the-back, not to mention the sudden arrival of her meddling boss, Herr Dr. Schmidt, that she may overlook a danger as old as the pharaohs and as unchanging … a criminal who hides behind a mask of charm while moving in for the kill.

About Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013) was one of the pseudonyms of American writer Barbara Louise Mertz, whose New York Times bestselling Amelia Peabody mysteries are often set against historical backdrops. In 1952, Peters earned a PhD in Egyptology at the University of Chicago. She was named grand master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lois on October 10, 2018

Continuing my Bliss binge week, although it might be well to take a short break. (It sometimes does a series a disservice to read them too close together.) This one is about 50% longer than earlier titles, as the writer moves through the market-induced book inflation of the later part of last centur......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 20, 2020

Peters actually makes fun of herself and of middle aged women authors in this story and gives them a good mocking. It's a good Vicky Bliss story though quite a few times the assumptions and failure of communications got frustrating. It's a good story but I think I enjoyed Trojan Gold a bit more. Vick......more

Goodreads review by Eileen on February 23, 2008

The most recent of the Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters. A final book is due out later this year. Vicky is an appealing character, a wise-cracking Ph.D. (Art History) with a funny little boss who treats her like a favorite niece. Her foil/romantic lead is a mix of Lord Peter, Raffles, and the S......more

Goodreads review by Renee on October 20, 2015

I enjoyed the heck out of this. I've only read two of the Vicki Bliss mysteries (this and the first in the series), but now I'll go and track down the others. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the dialog, the setting, and the plotting. Just a smashing little read! P. S. Literally the same day I fi......more

Goodreads review by Ladyhawk on January 24, 2017

"Schmidts ideas of consolation are based on whip cream and chocolate" . Aw, dear Schmidt! A better secondary character can't be found! And he was very present in this installment of Vicky Bliss. His German accent is delightful and his mixing of American sayings is very funny. Again, I completely enj......more

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