Skeleton Crew - Hardcover

Connor, Beverly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581820429 ISBN 13: 9781581820423

Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain excavates the 1558 wreck of a Spanish galleon and finds evidence of a murder at sea. As she discovers clues to the identity of the murderer, her own situation becomes less tenable because of the presence of modern-day pirates and two killings possibly related to the excavation. This is the fourth book in the Lindsay Chamberlain series.

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About the Author

Beverly Connor weaves her professional experience as an archaeologist and her knowledge of Southern culture into interlinked stories of the past in her Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery Series. "Skeleton Crew" is Connor's fourth novel to be published by Cumberland House. Originally from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Connor now lives in Georgia.

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They arrived at the lab amid a swarm of people with "FBI" written on their jackets.

"What in the world?" said Bobbie.

"Something has happened," said Lindsay.

They left the groceries in the vehicle and hurried through the lab. Lindsay caught sight of Trey standing with Harper just inside the front door. Harper had her arms folded, looking at the floor. Trey stared out the door where several FBI men were gathered. Francisco Lewis was with them. He looked grim.

"Trey?"

"Chamberlain, I'm glad you're back."

"What's going on?"

"They've found a body in the alligator pool."

"A body? Whose?" Lindsay looked through the glass doors to see if she could get a glimpse of something, but all she saw was people standing in the way.

"We don't know yet," answered Trey. "This being hot weather, and it being in the alligator pond, and alligators being carrion eaters-well."

Bobbie groaned.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581820429
• ISBN 13: 9781581820423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306