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by Aaron Elkins
Gideon and his wife are on vacation in Mexico when a local police chief requests his assistance on a case. A mummified corpse was discovered in the desert and the coroner believed the victim was shot. But Gideon’s examination reveals the victim was stabbed with a Phillips-head screwdriver. Then Gideon is asked to examine the skeleton of a murder victim found a year earlier—only to discover another error. The coroner misidentified the remains as belonging to a twelve to fifteen-year-old girl, when in fact the remains were that of a young woman of twenty.
Gideon knows these two "mistakenly" identified bodies aren't a coincidence. But finding the connection between them will prove more dangerous than he could possibly imagine - and place him into the crosshairs of the killer he’s hunting.
"Elkins partially tips his hand before hitting the home stretch of his rapidly accelerating plot, but, even so, the final revelations should leave you—if not the unflappable Bone Detective—pleasantly surprised." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Gideon's finest case in years proves that "Professor Oliver finds happiness in baffling the mind of the simple hardworking policeman"-and everyone else. " - Kirkus Reviews
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Aaron Elkins is the author of the Edgar Award-winning Gideon Oliver mysteries. Skull Duggery is the 16th book in the series. Series order.
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