Barbara Mertz (or Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels, 1927-2013) was an author. Mertz was best known for her novels featuring Amelia Peabody.
Life[]
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Writing style[]
Mertz's writings are notable for their feminist leanings - most notably the Amelia Peabody series and several of her Barbara Michaels novels (including Houses of Stone).
Due to being an Egyptologist (with a doctorate from the University of Chicago), the subject of Egypt (and history in general) feature frequently in her works.
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Written works[]
As Barbara Mertz[]
- Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
- Red Land, Black Land
- Two Thousand Years in Rome (with Richard Mertz)
As Elizabeth Peters[]
- The Jackal's Head - tells of a young woman visiting Egypt to find out what happened to her father.
- The Dead Sea Cipher - tells of a young woman hearing a cry for help in a Jerusalem hotel.
- The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits - tells of a young woman searching for her missing father in Mexico.
- Legend in Green Velvet
- Devil-May-Care
- Summer of the Dragon
- The Love Talker
- The Copenhagen Connection
Amelia Peabody[]
- Crocodile on the Sandbank - the first novel featuring Amelia Peabody. Shows her travelling to Egypt after her father dies.
- The Curse of the Pharaohs
- The Mummy Case
- Lion in the Valley
- The Deeds of the Distributer
- The Last Camel Died at Noon
- The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
- The Hippopotamus Pool
- Seeing a Large Cat
- The Ape Who Guards the Balance
- The Falcon at the Portal
- He Shall Thunder in the Sky
- Lord of the Silent
- The Golden One
- Children of the Storm
- Guardian of the Horizon
- The Serpent on the Crown
- Tomb of the Golden Bird
- A River in the Sky
- The Painted Queen (finished by Joan Hess)
The Vicky Bliss Mysteries[]
- The Camelot Caper (or Her Cousin John) - features John Tregarth but not Vicky Bliss. Tells of a young woman searching for her family history.
- Borrower of the Night - tells of the hunt for a wood carving in the German town of Rothenburg.
- Street of the Five Moons
- Silhouette in Scarlet
- Trojan Gold
- Night Train to Memphis
- The Laughter of Dead Kings
Jacqueline Kirby[]
- The Seventh Sinner - tells of a murderer hunting researchers of a Roman ruin.
- The Murders of Richard III - tells of a murderer stalking a convention for fans of the titular monarch.
- Die for Love
- Naked Once More
Barbara Michaels[]
- The Master of Blacktower - a Gothic novel about a young woman working for the titular Master.
- Sons of the Wolf
- Prince of Darkness
- The Dark on the Other Side
- The Crying Child
- Greygallows
- Witch
- House of Many Shadows
- The Sea King's Daughter
- Patriot's Dream
- Wings of the Falcon
- Wait for What Will Come
- The Walker in Shadows
- The Wizard's Daughter
- Someone in the House
- Black Rainbow
- Here I Stay - a novel about a woman helping her brother recuperate after a traumatic car crash.
- The Grey Beginning - a novel about a young widow travelling to Tuscany.
- Be Buried in the Rain
- Search the Shadows
- Smoke and Mirrors
- Into the Darkness
- Vanish with the Rose - a novel about a lawyer searching for her missing brother while posing as a gardener.
- Houses of Stone - a novel about the search for an early female American author's identity.
- The Dancing Floor
- Other Worlds
Georgetown trilogy[]
- Ammie Come Home
- Shattered Silk - a novel about a killer stalking a clothing boutique.
- Stitches in Time - a novel about a young woman's life being influenced by a mysterious quilt.
Sources[]
(PLACEHOLDER)