Children of the Storm

Elizabeth Peters

4/20/2003

The Emerson family has settled in Egypt year round. It is after World War I. This year not only are Amelia, Emerson, Ramses, and Nefret working, but they are being joined by other family members. Emerson's brother, Walter, and his wife, Evelyn, one of Amelia's closest friends, are coming down from England. David and Lia are coming with their children. The family is being reunited.

But where the Emersons gather, trouble follows. Their friend, Cyrus Vanderbilt, is packing up his recent fabulous discovery. Some of the best jewelry is stolen by an employee the Emersons had recommended. While the family is in Cairo Ramses is kidnapped by a mysterious woman. They meet a young man subject to fits guarded by an overprotective servant. Dire warnings continue to reach them.

A woman from their past shows up. The Emersons welcome her and reunite her with her father. Soon the newest visitors are drawn into the search for both the jewel thief as well as the random attacks on different members of the family, both immediate and Egyptian.

This is the 15th novel of this series, and one of the better ones for the mystery portion as well as for the family development. The threads intertwine well, both invisible and obvious. The mystery is important to the tale, not just a background for the family's story. There are happenings around them they don't realize are part of an overall scheme. If someone has not read any of these novels, that person will be fine picking this up. Family history will have been missed, but there is a good synopsis at the beginning. And the last page, as a student of the Emersons, had me laughing out loud.

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Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Curse of the Pharaohs
The Mummy Case
Lion in the Valley
The Deeds of the Disturber
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
The 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