The Jackals Head, Elizabeth Peters
The Jackals Head, Elizabeth Peters
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The Jackal's Head

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Grace Conlin

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2005

Synopsis

Althea Tomlinson comes back to Egypt as just another tourist. But what really drives her is a desire to discover the truth behind her fathers disgrace and subsequent death. She must find a way to clear her fathers name, yet doing so could also lead to Altheas death because the secret is centuries old, as old as the treasure of Nefertiti.

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 Ivonne on October 30, 2023

Gentle reader, do not judge author Elizabeth Peters (one of several pseudonyms employed by author and Egyptologist Barbara Mertz) for her debut mystery-romance cozy. It has not held up well since it was first published in 1968, a much more sexist and violent time. The arrogant love interest spends m......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on February 10, 2017

One of Barbara Michael's standalone novels, which felt like a modern Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe Emerson in 1968; "The Jackal's Head" surprised my by being highly enjoyable. Perhaps because "jackal" can have ugly connotations and having disliked one of her single novels, set in México; I long put t......more

Goodreads review by Linniegayl on March 02, 2021

This is a tough one to evaluate. I listened to this in audio and liked the narration. I also enjoyed the mystery itself, and since it's set in Egypt I loved all of the details of ancient Egypt. This was written in the 1960s, and many of the stereotypes of women feel offensive at this point (although......more

Goodreads review by Rosario on March 16, 2021

This is a very early book in Peters/Michaels' career; in fact, this and Ammie Come Home were her first novels, both written in 1968. In a way, it's a bit of a precursor to the Amelia Peabody series, which she wouldn't start publishing for 7 more years. The setting is Egypt, and the world of archaeol......more

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