The Hippopotamus Pool Author:Elizabeth Peters Looking for excitement, romance, and a lot of laughs. Read an Amelia Peabody novel by Elizabeth Peters. Now the intrepid nineteenth century Egyptologist, heroine of The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog and The Last Camel Died at Noon, ramps through her eighth archeological adventure, solving perplexing murders, unearthing hidden treasure and fig... more »hting diabolical villains.« less