I drifted away from Amelia at one point, but during my last re-read I ended up enjoying all of them but the last - the one co-written after her death. Really awful. In the later Amelia's Ramses and David get involved in colonial Egyptian politics about which I knew nothing. I liked that.
I liked Vicky and John and use of lost treasures for plots - I really wish the Amber Room could be found - but it got a little tired before the final one. I also like Jacqueline, but then I'm a librarian as well.
I have always loved her publicity photos, very stylish
I really enjoyed "Die for Love" when Jacqueline (NEVER Jackie!) goes to a romance writers convention.
I think I"ll give the Jacqueline Kirbys another go - as I recall I picked one up in a used book store and it didn't grab me, but it wasn't bad or anything and it sounds like, in theory, something I might like. And god knows I am ripping through series of books I don't love right now in my general attempt to escape into fiction whenever possible, maybe I'll like them better at this point
My all time favorite remains "The Murders of Richard III" but then I love the whole argument over whether RIII really killed the princes in the Tower.
FYI, the Barbara Michaels books often have a supernatural element - ghosts, hauntings, etc.
Which is why they're excellent!
I've read most of the Amelia Peabody books and thought they were a lot of fun, but I dropped off after The Dramatic Reveal about Sethos.
I stopped reading the Amelia Peabody books after her son was born. I found him overly precocious and tiresome. But first ones in that series were a lot of fun. The Murders of Richard III was great fun. I liked Jacqueline Kirby and the take on an English house party murder mystery.
Huh. I apparently bought The Murders of Richard III in 2017. Good lord, I own all 4 of them? I really don't think I read these. Well, giving them another shot will certainly be easy. This is definitely an advantage of e-books over physical, I don't have to find them on my shelf to know I already have a copy...
I liked very young Ramses. He was annoying while growing up, but later allowed Peters to play with the politics of the colonial middle east - there's one book set in Palestine - which I found interesting. Also his kids allow Amelia to get her own back. I think the books are all on Overdrive if your library makes them available.
I am still mildly and irrationally miffed that Night of the Four Hundred Rabbits didn't actually include occult bunnies. I knew it wouldn't, because that's not Barbara Michaels' style, but I feel every book could be improved with occult bunnies.
