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    The Deeds of the Disturber
    The Deeds of the Disturber
    The Deeds of the Disturber
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Deeds of the Disturber

    Written by Elizabeth Peters

    Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

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    Amelia and Emerson settle in for a quiet summer in England. When a night watchman mysteriously dies in the British Museum, Amelia is on the scene with her trusty parasol, ready to do battle with a malignant mummy and a ghost from Emerson's past.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 5, 2004
    ISBN9781440781001
    Author

    Elizabeth Peters

    Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.

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    • 4/5
      The series gets better all the time. Still entertaining with lots of character development. On to the next one!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This series so far continues to such fun to read that I wonder why I wait so long between books.

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    • 4/5
      Ah, Elizabeth Peters, you've done it again! In this installment, Amelia Peabody Emerson and her husband Radcliff Emerson are back from the latest archaeological season in Egypt with their son, Ramses. They are staying in London so that Emerson can finish his book with ready access to the records at the museum, and of course they get embroiled in the latest mystery. Two men have been found dead in front of the museum's latest addition to the Egypt Room, a female mummy. Is this really a message from an outraged supernatural source (as the Daily Yell would have us believe), or is there something even more sinister going on? Amelia is, of course, determined to find out. I'd give this four stars, but the mystery was a little too convoluted and at one crucial moment Amelia is guided by a strange dream she had. Rather too convenient, that. Also, it was pretty plain to the reader that Emerson was not involved in any extramarital affairs, so Amelia's worry and jealousy come across as silly. Not that jealousy generally makes much sense to the outsider, and the point is that it makes you irrational, but it did leave me a little impatient with Amelia for being so dense. But I guess that's part of what makes her such a human character; for all her strength and determination, she has some very vulnerable points. Peters handles her characters so effortlessly, and they never are contorted into doing something uncharacteristic or hard to believe. And they are such lively people to read about! Whether it's Emerson growling through his favorite disguise (a big bushy beard), Ramses launching into one of his interminable speeches, or Amelia herself forging through a crowd with the point of her formidable parasol, they are outrageously themselves and yet somehow believable. Ramses' cousins Percy and Violet are humorous additions to the family circle this time around. I'm starting to see why this series is such a great one in the world of detective fiction. The characters are fun, the historical setting of Victorian England feels real, the Egyptology is fascinating, the narrative voice is opinionated and distinctive, and the mysteries themselves aren't bad. It's a winning combination that has won a legion of fans. And I can't say enough about Barbara Rosenblat's narration. I listened to this on audiobook and she understands Amelia's voice perfectly and often adds a little "hmm" or slight cough to accentuate the dialogue. Her voice for Emerson is great, too, and sometimes made me laugh aloud. It's a rich listening experience and though I own most of this series in print, I plan to work my way through it via the audiobooks at the library. It takes longer, but it's funnier this way, and I believe Rosenblat has recorded all the series so far. So that's The Deeds of the Disturber. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Fun stuff!

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    • 5/5
      Book 5 in this series and the Peabody-Emerson team foil another heinous villain. This time the setting is London but still has Egyptian theme running through the story. Fab ?
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed the book, but some of the end of some chapters was skipped. I don’t know how much, but in mid-sentence it would go to the next chapter.
    • 4/5
      Peters is a fantastic writer in the genre of Wilkie Collins and a joy to listen to on audiobook with narration by Rosenblatt.However, through out the book the way over the top abusive manner of Amelia Peabody towards her son Ramses is something that I do not get. Am I the only one bothered by this uninterrupted cruelty? And does Amelia have to disdain everyone? It becomes very over done after a while.Urquhart
    • 4/5
      How is it that I'm only just now discovering the joy that is Elizabeth Peters? I've seen her books in the library before, of course, but I never really looked at them until I picked up this paperback in a rummage sale months ago, thinking it sounded interesting. I finally got around to reading it, and I enjoyed it so much! It's very witty historical fiction, and it was delicious to discover the delightful Amelia Peabody for the first time.
    • 4/5
      Amelia Peabody Chron #5. Loved the tone. Crisp, funny dialogue. Set in Egypt. Son Ramses is forbidden but snoops anyway. Power struggles among husband, wife and son seem realistic and add a backdrop of humor to the plot. 
    • 3/5
      I don't think this book was as strong as the others in the series. Maybe it is because it wasn't set in Egypt.
    • 3/5
      This is my first Amelia Peabody and Elizabeth Peters mystery. The novel is set in Victorian times. Peabody, as her husband, Emerson, calls her, is in London with the entire family. This includes Ramses, their precocious young son, and her young niece, Violet, and nephew, Percy. The latter two are the offspring of her very disagreeable brother, James, who foisted them off for a long period of at least six weeks. The typical who-done-it mystery ensues in the British museum, with a mummy playing a prominent role. By the way, did you know that ground mummy has been used as a medicinal treatment for various diseases? The family is VERY wealthy, residing in a mansion in London replete with servants of every sort, including footmen. Their language is quite florid. Peabody and Ramses use about 40 words for what Spenser (of the Robert Parker series) would say in three! At first, I thought that this story is so “talky” that I couldn’t get through it. Then, I began to get into the mood of the socioeconomic milieu and enjoy it. To me, the mystery was an aside to portrait of the wealthy, elegant, intelligent, educated Victorian family. At breakfast Peabody tells a servant, “Take this toast away. . . it has become quite leathery.” She shops for custom-made frocks and tea gowns. The children wear sailor suits with hats and Violet wears ruffles and ribbons. Particularly amusing are the most discreet innuendos to Peabody and Emerson’s busy and most satisfying sex life. Face it, it’s difficult to be spontaneous in a house filled with servants who assist in dressing, undressing, filling the bath, delivering mail, announcing guests and tea time, dinner time, etc. Violet, a rather slow child, is noted for her tendency to gobble every teacake, biscuit and muffin within reach. Peabody notices that she is inflating like a frog and attempts, generally futilely, to restrict her consumption of sweets. Unlike the rest of the clan, dear Violet is a creature of few words. When Percy and Ramses suffer their frequent mishaps, usually involving tussles between them, Violet utters phrases such as, “Dead! Dead!” or “Nasty! Nasty!” In short, the mystery seemed to be an excuse for displaying the opulence of the British Victorian era and the eccentricities of the Emerson-Peabody entourage, an amusing setting well-worth visiting.
    • 4/5
      The Emersons have returned from Egypt following the escapades in 'Lion in the Valley' and they take up residence in Evelyn and Walter's London home while Emerson completes a manuscript. Inevitably the Emerson's get drawn into a mystery as rumours of a curse associated with a mummy housed in the British Museum circulate. There are some nice snapshots of aspects of contemporary London in all its squalor, the opium dens, beggars and I particularly liked the spiritualist 'Madame Blatantowski', who tries to commune with the spirit of the mummy. It was nice to see a more human side to Ramses as he tries to cope with his horrid cousins. Very entertaining.
    • 4/5
      This book is definitely a change of pace for Peabody and Emerson. Instead of being set in Egypt, like the first four books in the series, this one takes place in London, though the mystery still centers around Egyptology.Ramses became infinitely more interesting to me in this book. Before he was a fun sort of curiosity, but now i'm taking him much more seriously as a character. His cousins? Are horrid.I particularly liked the insertion of jealously on the part of both Peabody and Emerson. It's about time we had a little conflict in their otherwise fantastic relationship, heh.The mystery itself was great; I actually gasped when the villain was revealed.
    • 3/5
      I didn’t think that this was the best one of the series. It had a plot but it wasn’t very interesting. The romantic tension between the girl reporter and our old friend Kevin O’Connell was a little forced. There wasn’t a clear suspect to suspect in this one. The villain was pulled out of nowhere & we readers didn’t even really have anyone in mind to think about. Yah, a weak attempt at framing the aristocracy was around but I didn’t even have interest in it. Luckily there was humor and the writing was as good as always.
    • 4/5
       This was a nice change of pace from the earlier novels - a new setting, and some additional characters liven up the series. One of the funniest things about this series is that Amelia portrays herself and spouse as more perceptive than ordinary and more capable than ordinary - and yet Ms. Peters subtly pokes fun at that attitude with hints that things are otherwise than they seem. I'm liking Ramses more with each novel.
    • 5/5
      Excellent & engaging story. The reader is top notch!
    • 4/5
      Amelia and Emerson compete to solve a mysterious death at the British Museum. We meet Miss. Minton, an aristocratic young woman who writes for a newspaper and bears a striking resemblance to Amelia.It's nice to have a story based in London - we get to see the Emersons' home life, and we also get our fist experience with Amelia's bratty nephew and niece, who spend most of the book tormenting Ramses off screen.Fun and funny - recommended.
    • 3/5
      It was great to read of our heroes in their home-land, England. As always, entertaining.