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A River in the Sky

An Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery

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A River in the Sky

By: Elizabeth Peters
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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It's 1910, and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palenstine hoping to prevent an English adventurer called Morely from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem.

The War Office fears increasing German influence in Palenstine and insists Morley is working for German intelligence.

In the meantime, her son Ramses is working on a dig at Samaria where he encounters a female German archaeologist, and a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past.

Ramses' curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair.

He must pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem but can he get there alive?

©2011 Elizabeth Peters (P)2011 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Middle East Crime

Critic reviews

"The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra." ( Philadelphia Enquirer)
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not up to Elizabeth Peters usual high standard and the narrator's voice was too young. prefer Barbara Rosenblat

not the best of Elizabeth Peters

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The most appalling narration I have encountered. The reader shows no understanding of timing, her accents are awful, she has zero grasp of the personality of the characters or the context in which the dialogue takes place. All this compounded by the knowledge that Audible USA customers have a different version read by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat. Sort it out Audible - get us the US version!

Dreadful narration

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How did the narrator detract from the book?

I hadn't realised just how much part of the enjoyment of Amelia Peabody came from Barbara Rosenblat's narration; it just wasn't the same.

What a disappointment

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I love the Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody Series. Why oh why did they have this book narrated by Karen Cass? All the other books are narrated by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat who’s skills as a narrator are insurmountable - she make the characters come to life. Karen Cass’s narration is flat and tone less - she made what was potentially a good story seem boring. Don’t buy it.

Great Story - Awful Narration

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I love the adventures of the Emerson family...

Beautifully written and well thought out stories...

Not too keen on the narrator on this audio book, prefer the original one...

Other than that a thoroughly good read for anyone to enjoy, not just the loyal Peabody fans.

Another great Peabody adventure !

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