Elizabeth Peters · 2010 · mediterranean

Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody mystery. Barred from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are recruited by British Intelligence and sent to Ottoman Palestine, where a deluded adventurer is digging for the Ark of the Covenant. From Jaffa to Jerusalem and the hills of Samaria, archaeology, espionage and the gathering shadow of war entangle on the eve of 1914.

1. 1
   London

   Relaxing at their Kent home in the summer of 1910, Amelia and Emerson are persuaded by the War Office to sail for the Holy Land.

2. 2
   Jaffa

   The dusty port of arrival on the coast of Ottoman Palestine, gateway to Jerusalem.

3. 3
   Jerusalem

   Where Major Morley schemes to excavate the Temple Mount for the Ark of the Covenant, threatening to inflame three religions.

4. 4
   Samaria

   The dig north of Jerusalem where Ramses, working the ruins of Sebaste, stumbles on a German plot and must reach his parents alive.