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Is the experience of reading crocodile on the sandbank similar to other mysteries you have read. Elizabeth peters booklist elizabeth peters message board. She makes it as far as egypt, where she falls in love with everything egyptian. Not since i discovered the jd robb in death series have i enjoyed such a rich reading glom as i am now with the amelia peabody books.
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