Old Bones - Softcover

Elkins, Aaron J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0445406879 ISBN 13: 9780445406872

Publisher: Warner Books, 1988

Synopsis

When an old skeleton is found beneath the floor of the du Rocher estate, American "skeleton detective" Dr. Gideon Oliver is called in to uncover the secrets behind the Old Bones. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery of 1987.

About this title

About the Author:

Aaron Elkins is a former anthropologist and professor who has been writing mysteries and thrillers since 1982. His major continuing series features forensic anthropologist-detective Gideon Oliver, “the Skeleton Detective.” There are fifteen published titles to date in the series. The Gideon Oliver books have been (roughly) translated into a major ABC-TV series and have been selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Literary Guild, and the Readers Digest Condensed Mystery Series. His work has been published in a dozen languages.
 Mr. Elkins won the 1988 Edgar Award for best mystery of the year for Old Bones, the fourth book in the Gideon Oliver Series. He and his cowriter and wife, Charlotte, also won an Agatha Award, and he has also won a Nero Wolfe Award. Mr. Elkins lives on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula with Charlotte.

Synopsis:

When members of a prominent Breton family suddenly die, and the parts of a human skelton are found dating back to 1940, authropologist Gideon Oliver is called in to investigate.

About this edition

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0445406879
• ISBN 13: 9780445406872
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256