
Elizabeth Peters
Author · 47 books
Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also wrote as Barbara Michaels as well as her own name. Born and brought up in Illinois, she earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Mertz was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lived in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, western Maryland until her death.
Series
Books

Silhouette in Scarlet
1983

The Falcon at the Portal
1999

The Last Camel Died at Noon
1991

The Camelot Caper
1969

A River in the Sky
2010

The Ape Who Guards the Balance
1998

The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits
2002

The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits
1971

Lion in the Valley
1986

Seeing a Large Cat
1997

The Painted Queen
2017

Borrower of the Night
1973

Street of the Five Moons
1978

Night Train to Memphis
1994

Im Schatten des Todes. Der Mumienschrein. Zwei Romane in einem Band
1975

Two Great Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters
The Jackal's Head & the Seventh Sinner
2004

The Love Talker
1980

The Dead Sea Cipher
1970

The Copenhagen Connection
1982

Naked Once More
1989

Amelia Peabody's Egypt
2003

Crocodile on the Sandbank
1975

Summer of the Dragon
1979

Trojan Gold
1987

Die for Love
1984

Guardian of the Horizon
2004

Legend in Green Velvet
1976

The Deeds of the Disturber
1988

The Curse of the Pharaohs
1981

Tomb of the Golden Bird
2006

The Seventh Sinner
1972

Devil May Care
1977

Smoke and Mirrors
2022

The Golden One
2002

The Hippopotamus Pool
1996

Mystery Stories
2018

The Murders of Richard III
1974

The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
1992

Children of the Storm
2003

He Shall Thunder in the Sky
2000

The Laughter of Dead Kings
2008

Cotting School
2008

Three Complete Jacqueline Kirby Mysteries
1992

Lord of the Silent
2001

The Serpent on the Crown
2005

The Mummy Case
1985

The Jackal's Head
1968