Dark Place

The Dark Place finds forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver on a trail that stretches from prehistoric times--to present danger.

Literature & Fiction

Aaron Elkins

Action & Adventure

WARNER BOOKS

<p>When a well-known French collector donates a Rembrandt to the museum, curator Chris Norgren travels to Europe on a fact-finding trip that takes a sinister turn. By the author of A Glancing Light and Make No Bones. </p>

Old Scores

United States

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Turncoat

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Robert Hale, Ltd.

It was supposed to be a much-needed Italian holiday for the renowned professor of anthropology, Gideon Oliver. True, his wife, Julie, is there to help their friend Phil run a guided tour, but Gideon himself is looking forward to a few days R and R. So when Phil invites the couple to his wealthy family's idyllic island in Lake Maggiore, the Olivers accept with enthusiasm. But the breathtaking view and sumptuous food come at a price. When some bones are unearthed in the locality, Colonel Caravale of the local carabinieri calls on Gideon's expertise. Learning that his host's son has been kidnapped, Gideon sets out to identify the bones-and along the way, exposes some extraordinary deceptions that lay bare the malignant, long-hidden secrets at the dark heart of a highborn family.

Good Blood

Robert_Hale

An Edgar Award-winning Author There's a family plot unfolding in the northern uplands of Hawaii - on the magnificent 11,000-acre spread of ranching heir Axel Torkelsson. After going missing ten years ago, the small private plane of Axel's late uncle has finally been found in a remote lagoon. So too have Magnus's few and scattered skeletal remains, exhumed by divers and handed over to the only man who can fit together the pieces of this mystery . . . forensic detective Gideon Oliver.  Available only in Mystery 3.

Where There's a Will

Mystery

Thorndike Press

Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "a comic Patricia Cornwell," Aaron Elkins delivers clever plot twists, fast-paced suspense, and refreshing wit. When Seattle professor Gideon Oliver travels to France to apply his famed skill in forensic medicine, the bodies and puzzles pile up. A dog has uncovered some bones in an ancient burial cave that the prestigious l'Institut de Préhistoire explored years ago. Hoping to find some answers, French police inspector Joly calls up his old friend Gideon, the "Skeleton Detective." But when Gideon arrives, he sets off a chain of events that threatens to tear apart the dignified institute and destroy his own safety. Edgar Award-winning author Aaron Elkins crafts a twisting trail of lies and bloodshed through this lively mystery. Narrator George Guidall provides the perfect voice for the intriguing international cast of characters.

Skeleton Dance

Literary

RECORDED BOOKS^

Recorded Books,LLC

Chris Norgren, museum curator and Renaissance art expert, heads to Berlin to assist in mounting a sensational exhibit: The Plundered Past―twenty priceless Old Masters looted by the Nazis, thought for decades to be lost forever, and only recently rediscovered. But things quickly get out of hand when Chris's patrician, fastidious boss, after smelling a forgery in the lot, turns up dead the very next day―on the steps of a dismal Frankfurt brothel, of all places.Now Chris faces two daunting tasks: finding a fake painting among the masterpieces, and a real killer whose sights are now set on him.

Deceptive Clarity, A (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 1)

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A Glancing Light (The Chris Norgren Mysteries)

Glancing Light, A (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 2)

1993 Nero Award, given by The Nero Wolfe Society/The Wolfe Pack for literary excellence in the mystery genre.It's a headline-making story: the discovery of a previously unknown Rembrandt. Ren Vachey, the iconoclastic art dealer who claims to have uncovered it, wants to make a gift of it to the Seattle Art Museum, but curator Chris Norgren is wary. Vachey is notorious in art circles for perpetrating scandalous shams; not for profit but for the sheer fun of embarrassing the elite and snobbish "experts" of the art establishment. And thanks to the web of strings attached to Vachey's donation (e.g., no scientific testing permitted), even Rembrandt expert Chris is uncertain as to whether or not the painting is authentic. His doubts multiply when he goes to Dijon to examine it, and finds himself in the middle of a host of controversies of which Vachey is the devilish focus. But there's no doubt that the bullet soon found in Vachey's head is authentic. And there's no telling how much time Chris has to find the truth about the "masterpiece"—and the murder—before he finds himself painted into a corner by a shrewd and villainous murderer.

Old Scores (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 3)

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Dark Place

Old Scores

Turncoat

Good Blood

Where There's a Will

Skeleton Dance

Skeleton Dance

Deceptive Clarity, A (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 1)

Glancing Light, A (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 2)

Old Scores (The Chris Norgren Mysteries, 3)