Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystery Stories | 2018 | Elizabeth Peters | N/A |
| 2 | The Locked Tomb Mystery: And Other Stories | 2018 | Elizabeth Peters | Buy |
Elizabeth Peters’ short story collections were both published in 2018, five years after her death. Mystery Stories and The Locked Tomb Mystery: And Other Stories collect shorter fiction that Peters wrote over the course of her career, much of it originally published in anthologies and magazines. The stories reflect the same interests that shaped her novels: archaeology, history, and crime.
The Locked Tomb Mystery, the title story of the second collection, is set in ancient Egypt and is one of Peters’ most reprinted pieces. It reads like a locked-room mystery transplanted to a pharaoh’s burial chamber. These collections give readers a chance to see Peters working in a shorter format, where her wit and command of historical detail are on display without the longer runway of a novel plot.