The Ape Who Guards the Balance

The Ape Who Guards the Balance
First edition cover for The Ape Who Guards the Balance
AuthorElizabeth Peters
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAmelia Peabody mysteries
GenreHistorical mystery
PublisherAvon Books
Publication date
1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages376
ISBN0-380-97657-9
OCLC38030176
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3563.E747 A87 1998
Preceded bySeeing a Large Cat 
Followed byGuardian of the Horizon 

The Ape Who Guards the Balance is the tenth in a series of historical mystery novels, written by Elizabeth Peters, first published in 1998, and featuring fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody. The story is set in the 1906–1907 dig season in Egypt.