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Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Curse of the Pharaohs  
The Mummy Case 
Lion in the Valley 
Deeds of the Disturber 
The Last Camel Died at Noon 
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog  
The Hippopotamus Pool 
Seeing a Large Cat 
The Ape Who Guards the Balance 
The Falcon at the Portal 
He Shall Thunder in the Sky 
Lord of the Silent
The Golden One
Children of the Storm
Amelia Peabody's Egypt

I don't know how I came to first read them, but I expect the Egyptology theme, combined with the detective aspect, first attracted me.  I traveled in my job at the time and spent hours in bookstores in strange cities buying reading materials for the hotel room and planes. I read hundreds of detective fiction books, but some of them attracted me back to their universe for a second reading. Anyway, Amelia became addictive and I began to accumulate the paperbacks.  

But soon, that wasn't good enough, I wanted them in hardback, so I set about finding hardback  reading copies on the internet.  Well, that was in the 1990's.  I daringly ordered one from Amazon at what seemed an exorbitant price, only to find, when it arrived that it was a signed first edition.  

There it was, the original book. It had a different cover from the paperback edition, and SHE had signed it.  It was almost as if Amelia herself had come into my study to have a look at my Egypt resource library!  I was hooked.

So I have collected first editions, signed and unsigned every since.  I have branched out now. I collect a few other authors and I happened upon "Night Train to Memphis" by Ms Peters and enjoyed Vicki Bliss, too.  So she went on the buying list. 

This website is created as a guide to learning about the Amelia series, and a resource for  the in's and out's of book collecting.  

I have all of the books in the series, and I thought other people might enjoy seeing the original dust jacket art.  So I have included pictures of the covers. 

There are many good sites on the internet that tell you about the jargon of the book collector, and with sites like ABE Books and BiblioFind, and of course, Amazon Used Books, you can search the world for your favorite author and have them delivered to your door. So I have included links to all these sources - Google links to websites on book collecting, and specific links for the places you can buy the books, new and used.

There are also great sites on the internet devoted to the author.  Here are are few links -

• Amelia Peabody Series - official site for the mystery series by Elizabeth Peters. Includes maps, Peabodyisms, author events schedule, and book list.
• Elizabeth Peters Unofficial Fan Page - dedicated to Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels/Barbara Mertz; contains book recommendations, pictures, and synopses.
• Mertz - Peters - Michaels - official web page for Barbara Mertz, Egyptologist and bestselling author of mysteries under the pen names Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels.