The Deeds of the Disturber
by Elizabeth Peters (Atheneum Press, 1988)
audiobook read by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books, 1993)
Amelia Peabody remains a feminist force to be reckoned with, albeit her investigative powers are filtered through unreliable self-narrative that both relegates the ostensible mystery and calls into question her aptitude: is it Poirot-like genius or the more bumbling competence of Clouseau?