Home


Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Curse of the Pharaohs  
The Mummy Case 
Lion in the Valley 
Deeds of the Disturber 
The Last Camel Died at Noon 
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog  
The Hippopotamus Pool 
Seeing a Large Cat 
The Ape Who Guards the Balance 
The Falcon at the Portal 
He Shall Thunder in the Sky 
Lord of the Silent
The Golden One
Children of the Storm
Amelia Peabody's Egypt

Gateway to Egypt Holiday
****
World of Kensea Media
****
The Dungbeetle Reading Room
****
Suzie Manley Tales of Mystery and Magic
****
AAA Encyclopedia
 
  

The Amelia Peabody Series
The Deeds of the Disturber

On the way back to Egypt, Amelia notices news reports by their old friend Kevin O'Connell on the sensational appearance of a fully robed Egyptian Priest in the Mummy Room at the British Museum.  Emerson, who intends to work at the British Museum while finishing his excavation reports, views the news as a possible distraction from serious work and tries to steer Amelia away from the story and the eventual "investigation" of it.  To no avail.

Amelia and Emerson arrive back in England only to find that Amelia's brother James Peabody has imposed upon Walter and Evelyn and is waiting to ask Amelia to take his children, Percy and Violet,  for the summer.  Thus begins the worst summer of Ramses life, for the children are regular little liars and tattle tales.  And you may have guessed that Ramses has a few secret activities that he wishes to keep secret.

There is a murder at the museum and a further appearance of the priest and the reporters start flocking to the gate of the Emerson residence to see what the famous Egyptian Detectives have to say.  Among the reporters is Miss Minton, who has a startling resemblance to Amelia.  She is a plucky young thing who is challenging Kevin O'Connell and his colleagues at their own game of sensational journalism.

Amelia and Emerson get drawn further into the web of mystery when one of a set of genuine pharonic shabti is delivered to the door late at night.  The object is from a private collection of a dissolute aristocrat who has peculiar tastes in literature and religion.  So, of course, they propose to visit the collection and have a look around.

The climax of the book takes place in the dark basement of the manor hall where a "private" ceremony is being held.  

Amelia and Emerson are in the thick of it, trapped in a dungeon room that is filling with water from the Thames. But rescue comes from an unexpected source.

This book introduces the recurring characters of Percy Peabody and Miss Minton.

The British Edition of The Deed of the Disturber  has a derivative cover design and a similar internal jacket blurb.  Here are the details for that volume.

The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters First British Edition  Published by Piatkus, 1988. Cover Artist - James Steinberg ISBN: 0-86188-784-0 Other Editions:  United States