The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters

To change readers this late in the series was NOT a good decision. I will more likely than not, read rather than listen to the remainder of the series. I love this series and these characters but am disinclined to listen to any more of the Amelia Peobody Series as narrated by Ms. She reads so slowly that it is an effort to listen and the pause between sentences and/or paragraphs is painfully long. The characters are now stuffy and stodgy sounding 20 years older than they are. O'Malley's representation of the characters, or even read the book before 'narrating' it. Rosenblatt did not even give a cursory listen to Ms.

While she is undoubtedly very well spoken, I get the feeling that Ms. I am only into the 9th chapter with the new narrator and I am sad to say that it is now a chore to listen to this story. By the 6th book I did not even notice whether or not the accent was British and felt as though I were with old friends who had me on the edge of my seat or rolling with laughter, particularly Ramses. O'Malley had, in my opinion, captured the nature of Ms. While I did initially wish that this series was read with a British acccent, by the middle of the second book Ms. Now, both past and future are in jeopardy as Amelia attempts to locate Emerson's attackers prevent his disclosure of an important artifact relating to Nefret's security and renew feelings in him that appear as remote as a Pharaoah's tomb.

Rescued, and squirming under Amelia's gentle ministrations, Emerson wastes little time in recovering his irascible nature, but to Amelia's dismay, he seems to have no recollection of who she is! But every confidence meets with disaster when Emerson is ambushed, kidnapped, and severely wounded on the road to Luxor. She is hopeful that their time alone together will rekindle old flames. Her son's budding affaire de coeur reminds Amelia of her once-tumultuous romance with Emerson. Ramses' new obsession does not deter him from putting in his two cents worth, however, in a series of lengthy epistles to Egypt, containing enough elaborate syntax and romantic ardor to stretch his mother's patience to the very breaking point. The object of his affection is 13-year-old Nefret, the auburn-haired beauty the Emersons rescued from the clutches of the ancient city of Napata, now safe in England where the needlessly solicitous Ramses can keep a watchful eye on her. At the tender age of 11, Ramses has fallen in love. This adventure transports Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson to Amarna, the rustic desert site where the two archaeologists first met, beginning the 13-year association that would take them from mayhem to murder in the Egyptian outback.įor the first time in many years, Ramses chooses not to accompany his parents on their yearly excavation.

The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters