How I enjoy Elizabeth Peters! I have read the Vicky Bliss series, the Jacqueline Kirby series, all of her stand-alones AND her Amelia Peabody series. This book is the latest one in the Amelia Peabody series, although it does not follow the one published before it in the chronology of the Emerson family. This one takes place in 1910 in Jerusalem (placing it, for those of you who are into this series, between "Guardian of the Horizon" (1907-08) and "The Falcon at the Portal" (1911)).
This one is less excavation and more intrigue, full of the humor that is one of the most entertaining things about the Amelia Peabody books. "A River in the Sky" is different from many others in this series in that the Emersons do not set foot in Egypt, so many of the figures we are familiar with are not present on this adventure--although Daoud and Selim are imported (along with all the members of the family, of course).
It was entertaining, engaging and even educational--like all of the others of this series. I love Elizabeth Peters!
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