Bone-chilling cases featuring the forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective, in the Edgar Awardâwinning series âthat never disappointsâ (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Edgar Award winner and former anthropologist Aaron Elkins âthoroughly understands the art of the murder mysteryâ (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In books five through seven from the long-running Skeleton Detective series, Elkins brings back his âlikable, down-to-earth cerebral sleuth,â Professor Gideon Oliver (Chicago Tribune).
Curses!: Mayan ruins in the YucatĂĄn . . . a secret room in a tomb . . . age-old skeletons . . . Anthropologist Gideon Oliver is thrilled to join the archaeological excavation of Tlalocâuntil ancient Mayan curses against desecrators of the site seem to materialize as modern murders.
âAnother delightful semiserious romp through science and an exotic police culture.â âPublishers Weekly
Icy Clutches: On a trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska, with his forest ranger wife, Julie, the Skeleton Detective pursues a coldhearted killer who buries evidence in an avalanche.
âA literate, amiable story . . . a credible plot, a likable hero.â âKirkus Reviews
Make No Bones: In accordance with the wishes of Albert Evan Jasper, after his demise in a car crash, his remainsâa few charred bits of boneâare installed in an Oregon museum to create a fascinating macabre exhibit. A fitting end for the âdean of American forensic anthropologistsââuntil what is left of him disappears during the biannual meetingâa.k.a. the âbone bash and weenie roastââof the Western Association of Forensic Anthropologists. Gideon has one question: Why?
â[A] seamlessly plotted corker of a mystery . . . Readers who like their humor dark and their gumshoes smart are sure to enjoy the âbone bash.ââ âPublishers Weekly