Bone-chilling cases featuring the forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective, in the Edgar Awardwinning 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 books five through seven from the long-running Skeleton Detective series, Elkins brings back his ';likable, down-to-earth cerebral sleuth,' Professor Gideon Oliver (Chicago Tribune). Curses!: Mayan ruins in the Yucatn... a secret room in a tomb... age-old skeletons... Anthropologist Gideon Oliver is thrilled to join the archaeological excavation of Tlalocuntil ancient Mayan curses against desecrators of the site seem to materialize as modern murders. ';Another delightful semiserious romp through science and an exotic police culture.' Publishers Weekly Icy Clutches: On a trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska, with his forest ranger wife, Julie, the Skeleton Detective pursues a coldhearted killer who buries evidence in an avalanche. ';A literate, amiable story... a credible plot, a likable hero.' Kirkus Reviews Make No Bones: In accordance with the wishes of Albert Evan Jasper, after his demise in a car crash, his remainsa few charred bits of boneare installed in an Oregon museum to create a fascinating macabre exhibit. A fitting end for the ';dean of American forensic anthropologists'until what is left of him disappears during the biannual meetinga.k.a. the ';bone bash and weenie roast'of the Western Association of Forensic Anthropologists. Gideon has one question: Why? ';[A] seamlessly plotted corker of a mystery... Readers who like their humor dark and their gumshoes smart are sure to enjoy the ';bone bash.'' Publishers Weekly
