Elizabeth Peters

Amelia Peabody Emerson, wife of the world's greatest Egyptologist, Radcliff Emerson, gets in serious danger wherever she goes. She is chased by murderous tomb-robbers (including the Master Criminal), is imprisoned inside a pyramid, shot at, and even kidnapped. A truly great series, poignant, exciting and often very funny. Star t with The Crocodile on the Sandbank and you will want to buy the complete series!