The Locked Tomb Mystery, Elizabeth Peters
The Locked Tomb Mystery, Elizabeth Peters
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The Locked Tomb Mystery
And Other Stories

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Nan McNamara

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2024


Synopsis

Four classic stories by the New York Times bestselling grandmaster of mystery, each paired with an incisive new introduction.

A thriller writer is embroiled in a real-life whodunit when a friend drops dead with her hatpin impaled in his back. The violation of a sealed West Bank tomb, its rock walls intact, provides a Thebes investigator with a mystifying conundrum. Two sisters take shelter in a shuttered old house at the end of a country road . . . only to discover they're not alone. And the author's most beloved characters, Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson, make an appearance in a newly uncovered tale with a witty nod to Sherlock Holmes.

Settle in with this quartet of short stories—now available for the first time in a single volume—from one of the most popular mystery writers of all time. The Locked Tomb Mystery and Other Stories features a preface and introductions to each story by mystery authors Tasha Alexander, Juliet Blackwell, and Daniel Stashower, and Egyptologist Salima Ikram.

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 Charles

Not one of Peters' best This book consists of three short pieces by well known mystery author Elizabeth Peters. The first, Liz Peters, PI is, in my opinion, a lame attempt at humor. The second, The Locked Tomb Mystery, is an okay tale set in ancient Egypt. The third, The Runaway, is a pretty effective......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

You can't go wrong, with a Elizabeth Peter's story. This is a collecting, of three short stories Peter's wrote back in the 80's for sister of crime books. Two of the three, were new stories for me. I had read the final story called, The Runaway a few years ago. I really enjoyed, the second story the......more