A review by ergative
Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters

3.75

A very solid Amelia Peabody mystery. The colonialism and knee-jerk bigotry is easing up a bit, to the point where the Egyptians' interactions with our main crew are less orientalist nonsense and more entertaining commentary. 'Always a dead body! Every year another dead body!' mourns one worker, when asked to collect a dead body. Amelia and Emerson are awfully thirsty for each other.