Elizabeth Peters · 2002 · mediterranean

Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody mystery. In the war winter of 1917 the Emerson family sails through torpedo-haunted seas to their beloved Egypt, where a newly plundered tomb near Luxor and a German spy plot draw them from Alexandria and Cairo up the Nile - and on a perilous errand to Gaza, where the war and a family secret converge.

1. 1
   London

   New Year's Eve, 1917. Risking German torpedoes, Amelia and her family set out once more for Egypt.

2. 2
   Alexandria

   The Mediterranean port of arrival, Egypt transformed into a vast Allied army camp.

3. 3
   Cairo

   A brief stay in the wartime capital before the family continues south to their dig.

4. 4
   Luxor

   Home on the West Bank of Thebes, where a looted tomb and a fresh corpse await, and Ramses is recalled to the secret service.

5. 5
   Gaza

   The fortified seaport guarding the Holy Land, where Ramses must slip behind Turkish lines to unmask a traitor.