Murder in the Queen's Armes (A Gideon Oliver Mystery) - Softcover

Elkins, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425206386 ISBN 13: 9780425206386

Publisher: Berkley, 2005

Synopsis

Edgar® winner Aaron Elkins follows "skeleton detective" Gideon Oliver on his honeymoon, one that will prove none too sweet.

About this title

About the Author:

Aaron Elkins is the author of the Edgar Award-winning Gideon Oliver mysteries.

From Publishers Weekly:

Anthropologist Gideon Oliver is honeymooning in England when he decides to drop in on a Dorset dig run by his old friend Nate Marcus. The local scientific society is miffed by Marcus's publicity-grabbing theories, and definitely put off by his abrasive manner. Gideon detects an uneasy atmosphere at the dig. After a member vanishes and an unidentifiable body turns up, Gideon ("the skeleton detective" of Fellowship of Fear and The Dark Place) is dragged into the investigation by the police. He's also unwillingly involved with Marcus's great "find"that turns out to be a fake. Blackmail, academic hugger-mugger and more murder surface and Gideon and his wife are in dire peril. The characters and local color are only moderately interesting and the ending is rather tame, but the book is saved by Gideon's enthusiasm and Elkins's depiction of his neat "skeletal detective work." Foreign rights: Barney Karpfinger Agency. December 16
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0425206386
• ISBN 13: 9780425206386
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256