Aaron J Elkins
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Anthropology professor Gideon Oliver travels with his wife Julie to the Mexican village of Teotitlan de Valle for a vacation, but rest and relaxation escape him when he is asked to examine a mummified corpse found in the desert, gets involved in a cold-case investigation of a child's murder, and discovers the ancient skull of a Zapotec princess in a local museum is actually that of a much-younger male.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Former art curator Ben Revere is drawn into a fifty-year-old mystery when he begins to investigate the death of his friend, an elderly pawnshop owner, who had just come into possession of a five-million-dollar painting lost during World War II.
3) Icy clutches
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is on hand when human bones turn up at an avalanche site. Unfortunately someone wants to cover up the past.
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective tackles his first four cases in the Edgar Award-winning series "that never disappoints" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ). Edgar Award winner and former anthropologist Aaron Elkins "thoroughly understands the art of the murder mystery" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ). In these four initial volumes of the long-running Skeleton Detective series, Elkins introduces readers to his "likable, down-to-earth...