{"product_id":"books-lion-in-the-valley-by-elizabeth-peters","title":"Lion in the Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and their precocious (some might say rambunctious) eight-year-old son, Ramses. The long-denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor has finally been granted, and the much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid is now theirs for the exploring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the young family exchanges the relative comfort of Cairo for the more rudimentary quarters near the excavation site, they engage a young Englishman, Donald Fraser, as a tutor and companion for Ramses, and Amelia takes a wayward young woman, Enid Debenham, under her protective wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is danger and deception in the wind that blows across the hot Egyptian sands. A brazen kidnapping attempt, a gruesome murder, and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death--all serve to alert Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis, the Master Criminal, notorious looter of the living \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e the dead. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the man known as Sethos. The evil genius has a score to settle with the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice . . . and he's got her dead-on in his sights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplete with edge-of-the-seat suspense and scrupulous archaeological and historical detail, all delivered in Amelia Peabody's unique, wry voice, \u003cem\u003eLion in the Valley\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic installment in Elizabeth Peters's beloved mystery-adventure series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480397406481,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780380731190.jpg?v=1777547004","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-lion-in-the-valley-by-elizabeth-peters","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}