The Hippopotamus Pool Author:Elizabeth Peters Looking for excitement, romance and a lot of laughs? Read an Amelia Peabody novel by Elizabeth Peters! The Washington Times says, "She has an antic sense of humor that glitters through her writing like mica from a rock." Now the intrepid nineteenth-century Egyptologist, heroine of "The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog" and "The Last Camel at ... more »Noon" romps through her eighth archeological adventure, solving perplexing murders, unearthing hidden treasure and fighting diabolical villians...« less