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Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave, lies the skeleton of a human woman, clutching the skeleton of a part-human, part-Neanderthal child. Fascinated, Professor Oliver jumps at the chance to attend a conference near there. But two deaths, possibly murders, have rocked Gibraltar. As Oliver tries to piece things together, he's about to fall for some deadly tricks. After all, unlike the Gibraltar Boy, he's only human.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Heading for the Isles of Scilly with his wife, who has been invited to attend a consortium hosted by a Russian expatriate, forensics professor Gideon Oliver, delighted to spend the time puttering around local Neolithic sites, stumbles upon a much newer bone that could be tied to a recent murder.
7) Curses!
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
©1989
Language
English
Description
Mayan ruins in the Yucatan ... a secret room in a tomb ... an ancient skeleton. To Gideon Oliver, anthropologist, this archaeological find is paradise on earth. He and his wife, Julie, have joined his old mentor, Abe Goldstein, at Tlaloc, Mexico, to make sure there are no dirty doings at the dig. Five years before scandal rocked the site when a colleague ran off with a priceless relic. Now Abe suspects something illegal is again going on. The discovery...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Language
English
Description
A coffee murder mystery set in Tahiti. It begins with the death of the manager of the Paradise Coffee plantation whose common-law wife, Therese, is a cousin of FBI agent John Lau. Lau enrolls forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. Lots of coffee lore.
10) Switcheroo
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Skeleton Detective is back. A cold case dating from the 1960s draws forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver to the Channel Islands decades later to shine a light on the mysterious connection between two men who died there on the same night. Swapped as young boys by their fathers during the Nazi occupation, wealthy Roddy Carlisle and middle-class George Skinner had some readjusting to do after the war ended--but their lives remained linked through...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When forensics professor Gideon Oliver joins an Amazon riverboat expedition with a group of research botanists, he expects a nice vacation. What he gets is heat, corrupt officials, dangerous insects and animals-and worse. As they travel upriver, one of the botanists is killed by a deranged passenger who leaps overboard and flees into the darkness. No one can explain why. Theories begin to simmer, and stories of long-past, half-forgotten grudges-and...
12) Good blood
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Even on an Italian holiday, anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife can't seem to find any R. & R. They are guests of Mrs. Oliver's colleague on an idyllic island. But the breathtaking view and sumptuous food come at a price. The padrone's only child, Archille, has been kidnapped, bones have been found and Gideon must mix business with pleasure.
13) Skull duggery
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Detective Gideon Oliver and his wife are on vacation in Mexico when a local police chief requests his assistance on a case. After Oliver realizes the coroner has misidentified two bodies, he concludes these two mistakes are no coincidence.
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