The Gideon Oliver Mysteries: Fellowship of Fear (Paperback)

from Aspenhugger

"How can a professor of physical anthropology draw upon his special knowledge to find the solution of a mystery that is putting his own life in jeopardy? Professor Gideon Oliver certainly doesn't ask himself that question when he arrives in Heidelberg for a stint as visiting lecturer at the Unite...

from MaddieBloom

FELLOWSHIP OF FEAR is the first Gideon Oliver novel and it's totally delightful. Oliver is all excited that his stint as a visiting fellow will enable him to visit Europe for the first time. Suddenly, he's enmeshed in an international spy chase and being attacked by masked strangers and saved by ...

from majkia

Back in the Cold War, a visiting professor gets caught up in the paranoia and craziness of Russian spies trying to get secrets from US bases in Europe. Brought back lots of memories of my own about that sort of thing. The mystery was okay, and I liked the main character a lot.

from ParadisePorch

Before Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan and television shows like Bones, there was Aaaron Elkins' Gideon Oliver, physical anthropology professor. Fellowship of Fear is the first of Gideon's adventures (currently sixteen books). Published in 1982, it draws its tension from the cold war between Russia a...

from ParadisePorch

Before Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan and television shows like Bones, there was Aaaron Elkins' Gideon Oliver, physical anthropology professor. Fellowship of Fear is the first of Gideon's adventures (currently sixteen books). Published in 1982, it draws its tension from the cold war between Russia a...