Crocodile on the Sandbank

The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Susan O'Malley

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Meet Egyptologist Amelia Peabody in the first mystery in the Victorian-era, New York Times-bestselling series.

"If Indiana Jones were female, a wife, and a mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson."—Publishers Weekly

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been “ruined” and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her rascally lover. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo.

Eluding Evelyn’s former lover, who wants her back, and Evelyn’s cousin Lord Ellesmere, who wishes to marry her, the two women sail up the Nile to an archaeological site that is home to a rather lively mummy. Soon strange visitations, suspicious accidents, and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn.

Don't miss the rest of the Amelia Peabody series.

©1975 Elizabeth Peters (P)2002 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"The indomitable Amelia Peabody carries the listener along as easily as she carries her umbrella." (AudioFile)

Subdued Sarcasm With a British Take on Egypt

This is the first story of our heroine who proves the equal of any man (think Ewowin's Lord of The Rings) "I am no man." The "mundane" world of Archeology meets Sherlock Holmes with a greater tension than Holmes and Watson could produce.

A fun period mystery.

This was a fun, family friendly mystery with all of the Victorian era adventure charm.

Wonderful mystery with Romance

A great introduction to fascinating characters
I look forward to reading many more books as I want to stay a part of the lives of Peabody and Emerson!

Overall an enjoyable experience

I was happy with the story and the reading, but the failure to properly synchronize the chapter endings was quite annoying.

Fantastic !

Absolutely loved this book. Great character & story development. The reader is terrific. A great story set among the pyramids of Egypt.

Crocodile on the Sandbank: The Amelia Peabody

What made the experience of listening to Crocodile on the Sandbank the most enjoyable?

I read her books about 10 yrs ago on cassette I belonged to an audio book store. I loved the her writings they were always good. But they didn't have all her writings but I enjoyed the ones I could find;) So finally to find them again I am so excited. I"ll end up learning how to down load them to my phone, something knew to learn. lol

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ameilia Peabody is my fav, she reminds me of myself at times in that when there is problem I jump in and just deal with it no matter how difficult it may be. She gives me encouragement to keep on the right road, i'm a recovering cross addicted and listening to books for a while now and I get so much more out of what ever style of the books is.

Have you listened to any of Susan O'Malley’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Don't recognize her name so I would have to say NO lol But now I know her name I will be able to look;)

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Come to Egypt adventure , mysteries, and love among the ancient tombs.

Any additional comments?

just a thank you for Amazon to create such a wonderful tools for us to use with in your business and on computers;). thanks again and Happy New Year.

Wrong Narrator!

The story remains the same; here we meet the intrepid Peabody and begin our journey with her through fabled Egypt. However, for those of us in love with these books and audio versions, O'Malley is the WRONG narrator. There can be no other voice for these books than Rosenblatt, so I strongly urge you to find the -other- version of this one. It was not available for a long time due to some legal issues, but was recently added again. I just downloaded the real Amelia Peabody, and am looking forward to settling in for a nice, long listen. I'm sure Ms. O'Malley is a lovely person, but she is not the voice of this series.

Great Beginning

The story is fun, a good yarn, not too taxing. The narrator does a fine job of characterizing the novels personnel. Only a couple of mispronunciations that I noticed. Good recording quality. Ms. Peabody is a great character.

Excellent

I love all of the series and enjoy hearing them all again. On to the next one.

Very enjoyable

This is an enjoyable, cozy mystery. The story isn't complicated. There is some humor. Cute.