Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Excerpt:
The thing was there.
Pale in the moonlight, it stood motionless, not on the ledge, but on the lower slope. This time the moon shone full upon it, and there could be no mistake as to its nature. I could almost make out the pattern of the bandaging across its breast. The featureless head was wrapped all around with cloth. It was bad enough to see this monstrosity when it stood motionless; but as i watched, the head turned. Its slow, weaving movement was appalling, like that of an eyeless creature of the abyss blindly seeking some source of attraction even more alluring than light....
- The first printing of the book was March 1976 (price for the paperback was $1.50!)
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Can you name this book & author?
In 1975 this book was published by Fawcett Crest Book.
- paperback has 288 pages
- is available in most formats
- major fictitious character, some historic personages make brief appearances
Quotes from the book:
I am informed, by the self-appointed Critic who reads over my shoulder as I write, that I have already committed an error. If those seemingly simple English words do indeed imply that which I am told they imply to the vulgar, I must in justice to Evelyn find other phrasing. pg11
A criminal of another kind might hope to profit, however, and I came tot he conclusion that my visitor had been a would-be thief, a little more imaginative than his fellow, who hoped by his imitation of an Egyptian to confound a wakeful victim long enough to effect his escape. pg 69
So the scheme we had arranged was carried out. We had great difficulty in persuading Evelyn to go, but finally she agreed, as she thought, to a quick journey to and from the river... pg 209
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