Title: The Falcon at the Portal
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat
Series: Amelia Peabody #11
Length: 15 hours 20 min
The Emerson family is back in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season, but they quickly find themselves facing new trouble. Someone is accusing David of selling ancient artifacts that are actually forgeries and now they have to find out who is doing it.
This has been my last favorite book of this series. It felt like it dragged along and for a good portion it felt like the mystery had been forgotten about. If I hadn’t been listening to this book in audio, I most likely would have DNF because it was just so slow and tedious with the mundane things happening.
In this adventure, we have the return of Amelia’s nephew Percy and he causes a lot of problems for Ramses and Nefret. We also finally see Nefret and Ramses admit their feelings, but of course that doesn’t go to plan. I will admit that this started feeling like a bad soap opera with all the relationships that were happening in this book. Also, I hate how Nefret went from a smart and strong willed woman to an impulsive pushover in the end.
Overall, this was just fine. The mystery was weak and all the relationship stuff got old quick. I will probably read the next book but I think it will be a while before that happens.
TW: brief mentioning of kidnapping, beating, and the threat of rape; death; gun violence; miscarriage;
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