Author: Aaron Elkins Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780446405263 9781497643307 0446405264 1497643309 |
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The dead man is the manager of Tahiti's Paradise Coffee plantation, producer of the most expensive coffee bean in the world - the winey, luscious Blue Devil. His fall from a cliff is the latest accident in a string of mishaps, and although nothing tangible points to foul play, FBI agent John Lau has his suspicions. What he needs is evidence - and the best forensic expert in the business, his friend anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the Skeleton Detective. Gideon likes his java strong and his bones ancient, dry, and dusty. But the body he must examine had lain in the tropical sun for a week before it was found, and then buried native-style, without a casket. If this case is not exactly Gideon's cup of...well, tea, it is not the state of the remains that bothers him. It's the real human ugliness he suspects he'll soon unearth. To make matters worse, Gideon finds trouble in paradise: a most unwelcoming local police commandant, a strange reluctance by the Blue Devil owners to uncover any wrong-doing, and the lack of an exhumation order. Sneaking into a graveyard with a shovel and flashlight isn't his idea of a professional analysis. And what he finds six feet under will prove the ultimate test of his skills: a subtle clue that points to foul play, and bones so puzzling that they have Gideon stumped...for a while. Now Gideon must cut to the heart of a crime to find the motive that may have percolated through a family for decades - and brewed a taste for murder.
This book is part of the "Gideon Oliver" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Skull Duggery" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Where There's a Will" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Good Blood" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Skeleton Dance" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead Men's Hearts" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Make No Bones" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Icy Clutches" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Old Bones" First published in 1987 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Dark Place" First published in 1983 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Fellowship of Fear" First published in 1982 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Switcheroo" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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