The Last Camel Died at Noon

The sixth installment of the Amelia Peabody series takes a slightly different turn. Instead of a murder mystery, this is an adventure story of escape and rescue from a hidden civilization. While it has all the fun characterization, romance, and action of the others, I thought this one had too much going on: too many threads to follow at any given point, too many people with their own interests to keep track of, and too many climaxes of the story. Because of all this, it did not feel as satisfying in the end as it should have. It was still a decent read, just not as cleanly written as the last one.