![]() ![]() ![]() Complex, convoluted plots fill all Peters' books, and while the details make them read more slowly, they also add a depth which fans appreciate. Peter’s writes layered stories that can be appreciated on more than one level. All in all, Peters' books are a feast for fans of amusing characters. Supporting characters serve as foils or eccentrics in their own right. Archaeologist Amelia Peabody carries her formidable umbrella, librarian/romance writer Jacqueline Kirby keeps her enormous handbag well stocked and at her side at all times, ready for any emergency, and Vicky Bliss, the smart but self-deprecating art historian, is as likely to fight back with her sharp wit as with a weapon. When placed in dangerous situations, they are as likely to extricate themselves as to be saved by someone else. Peter’s female protagonists are all intelligent, beautiful, strong-willed, independent, and very appealing. Although she has also written stand-alone novels of Romantic Suspense as Elizabeth Peters and more Romantic Suspense, touched with Gothic elements, under pseudonym Barbara Michaels, not to mention titles on Egyptology published under her real name, Barbara Mertz, Peters is best known for her Amelia Peabody Mystery series. With her cast of amateur sleuths, Peters sets the standard for these gentle Mysteries featuring quirky characters, a humorous tone, and often foreign climes. Elizabeth Peters is a master of the Cozy Mystery, in which the body is safely offstage and there is no strong language, sex, or violence, just a comfortable murder investigation. ![]()
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