The Last Camel died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters - first published 1991
In 1897 archaeologists AmeliaPeabody and her husband Emerson travel to Sudan with their precocious son Ramses to excavate at Gebel Barkal and Napata. However their plans change when they have to travel south into the desert in search of an African explorer and his wife who have been missing for 14 years. After nearly dying of thirst in the desert they are rescued and taken as captives to a 'lost' city still living by ancient laws and customs. They then have to try and escape. The beginning and the end are fast paced and exciting but the middle was a bit dull unless you have a particular interest in what life was like in Ancient Nubia. This novel is like a very sedate version of Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is part of a series of detective novels about Amelia Peabody but I haven't read any of the others. 4/10
27th December 2010
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