The Gideon Oliver Mysteries: Curses! (Paperback)

from chibitika

Cozy mystery with a scientific basis June 23, 2019 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Elkins writes excellent cozy mysteries with a solid scientific foundation - forensic anthropology. He started years before the TV show Bones made forensic anthropology cool and his writing is much better th...

from Melisende

Nice little archaeological mystery set in the 1980s - so no computers, internet. Picked this one up earlier in the year at a book sale - pity I could not find the rest there as well. I enjoyed it.

from MrsLee

Gideon Oliver is a specialist in bones. He is called to a dig on a Mayan temple site to analyze a skeleton found there. This is a site he worked on ten years before, which was shut down under a pall of dishonesty and theft. The same crew is back, hoping for a better result, but perhaps the Mayan ...

from jamespurcell

Julia and Gideon are invited to a dig in Mexico where a codex mysteriously disappeared during a previous expedition. All the usual suspects return and Gideon avoids death twice before resolving the case. With substantial help from his wife.

from TracyK1

I liked this book. It was exciting and had some interesting history of the Maya. It was interesting to see how it was finally solved. If you like Aaron Elkins books, or books that have some antropology in them you will like this book!