| In her third adventure, Amelia (Peabody) Emerson and her husband Radcliffe take their unbelievably precocious and talkative son "Ramses," now 5 or 6, to a rather unpromising dig at Mazghunah. It is the early 1890s. An unscrupulous dealer in illegal antiquities appears to have hung himself in Cairo, but Amelia thinks it's murder. At the dig, there is tension in the nearby village between the Muslims and Coptic arabs. Mummy cases start appearing and disappearing in the archaeologists' camp. A Master Criminal appears to be at the bottom of all. There are plenty of comic characters in this book, and a cliff-hanging (or should I say "pit-dwelling") climax in the bowels of a pyramid. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very humorous Time/era of story: Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 0 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Terrain - Desert Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Africa Yes Part of Africa: - Arabic Africa Desert? Yes Desert: - hostile arabs City? Yes Small town? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - archaeology Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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