 First edition cover for Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975), book 1 of the series | |
| Author | Elizabeth Peters |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical mystery, Thriller, Satire, Comedy |
| Publisher | Morrow/HarperCollins (current) |
| Published | 1975–2010, 2017 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback), audiobook |
| No. of books | 20S (List of books) |
The Amelia Peabody series is a series of twenty historical mystery novels and one non-fiction companion volume written by Egyptologist Barbara Mertz (1927–2013) under the pen name Elizabeth Peters. The series is centered on the adventures of the unconventional female Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson, for whom the series is named, and an ever-increasing number of family, friends, allies, and characters both fictional and based on historical figures. The novels blend mystery and romance with a wryly comic tone, and at times also parody Victorian-era adventure novels such as those written by H. Rider Haggard. The series was published between 1975 and 2010, with the final, posthumous novel (completed by Joan Hess) appearing in 2017.