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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780061246241
ISBN number: 0061246247
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: August 19, 2008
Publishing house: William Morrow
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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For the very first time in more than a decade, New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters brings beautiful, brainy Vicky Bliss back into the spotlight for one last investigation. But this time the peerless art historian and sleuth will be detecting in Amelia Peabody territory, searching for solutions to more than one heinous offense in the ever-shifting sands of Egypt's mysterious Valley of the Kings.
Who stole one of Egypt's most priceless treasures? That is the question that haunts the authorities after a distinguished British gentleman with an upper-crust accent cons his way past a security guard and escapes into the desert carrying a world-famous, one-of-a-kind historic relic. But the Egyptian authorities and Interpol believe they know the identity of the culprit. The brazen crime bears all the earmarks of the work of one Sir John Smythe, the suave and dangerously charming international art thief who is, in fact, John Tregarth, the longtime significant other of Vicky Bliss. But John swears he is retired—not to mention innocent—and he vows to clear his name by hunting down the true criminal.
Vicky's faith in her man's integrity leaves her no choice but to take a hiatus from her position at a leading Munich museum and set out for the Middle East. Vicky's employer, the eminent Herr Doktor Anton Z. Schmidt, rotund gourmand and insatiable adventurer, decides to join the entourage.
But dark days and myriad dangers await them in this land of intriguing antiquity. Each uncovered clue seems to raise even more questions for the intrepid Vicky—the most troubling being, Where is John going during his increasingly frequent and unexplained absences? And the stakes are elevated considerably when a ransom note arrives accompanied by a grisly memento intended to speed up negotiations—because now it appears that murder most foul has been added to the equation.
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After a long silence Vicky & John are back again; they seemed tired. This book lacks the lightness of the other. I find the cobination of Egyptology and these characters uncomfortable. They seem to wander amilessly through the very first two-thirds of the book before actually doing anything and the mastermind as a psychotic is silly.
The best thing in the book is the emergence of Anton Z. Schmidt; he finally gets the respect he deserves.
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After Night Train to Memphis, I almost could not wait for this one. I was surprised to find a major change in the characters. Like others before me said, Vicky's whining for food was just annoying. By the end, I was left kind of flat. I did enjoy Schmidt, but it almost seemed like BM forgot who Vicky and John were between the two books. The other thing...Is there any way to incorporate modern life in technology into a book without having characters who seem to obsess about their cell phones? Not everyone does and it seemed to be a jarring note in the book whenever the characters had to stop and check their messages. I understand the reason for the updated technology, but it could have been less obtrusive.
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This novel is a gem like all of the other Vicky Bliss books. I really enjoy Vicky's character, as well as John's. As an amateur sleuth, Vicky spends the novel attempting to prove that Sir Smythe is no longer thieving and that someone else is behind the theft of King Tut's mummy.
Fast-paced and really cute.
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in general Elizabeth Peters is one of the greatest writers i have ever come across. i have loved, adored and re-read just about everything she has ever written - so what happened with this book? maybe 14 years was too long to wait to continue the story; the characters are written completely differently then the previous Vicky Bliss novels. what happened to my beloved sarcastic, brilliant, prickly art historian? she was like a watered down version of Vicky Bliss. i enjoyed her and john's relationship a whole lot more when they were at odds.
the whole book was just... i don't know, it's missing something the previous books had.
there are parts that i enjoyed like Schmidt really IS a great swordsman and Vicky and John's mum not getting along but that was about it.
it seemed like it was rushed and not well planned out.
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I have listened to a number of Elizabeth Peters' novels, all superbly narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, and read the rest. I am especially fond of the Vicky Bliss series (though I've greatly enjoyed the Amelia Peabody series too), and I find that when I read one of the books, it's Ms. Rosenblat's voice I'm hearing in my head--I absolutely love what she does with the characters' voices, ESPECIALLY Schmidt's (maybe that's due in part to my having been a German major in college). At any rate, I was overjoyed when I heard that there was to be another Vicky Bliss book, and--as always--Ms. Peters did not disappoint. In fact, it wasn't the laughter of dead kings I was hearing throughout the book: it was the chortling of the author herself that I kept imagining I could hear. She obviously had a great time writing it, and it shows. She tied up all the loose ends (even to linking the Amelia Peabody books with the Vicky Bliss series) in a way that made it bearable to think that this might really be the last book, after all (well, almost bearable...). In a nutshell, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and expect to listen to it again and again. I do think it helps to be familiar with both series before reading this one; except for that one caveat, I would highly recommend this book to one and all as an extremely entertaining read.
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