{"product_id":"dead-mens-hearts-9781497642935","title":"Dead Men's Hearts","description":"\u003cb\u003eEdgar Award-winning author: \"A cunning plot, a remarkably appealing hero, some uproariously funny dialogue . . . a winning combination.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An ancient skeleton tossed in a garbage dump is the first conundrum to rattle Gideon Oliver when he arrives in Egypt. There to appear in a documentary film, he expects an undemanding week of movie star treatment and a luxurious cruise up the Nile with his wife, Julie. But when Gideon discovers a tantalizing secret in the discarded bones--and violence claims a famous Egyptologist's life--he is thrust into a spotlight of a different kind. Plying his calipers as the world's foremost forensic anthropologist, Gideon's investigation of the goings-on leads him through the back alleys and bazaars of Cairo and deep into the millennia-old tombs of the Valley of the Kings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the puzzle is painstakingly pieced together, Gideon will find that the identifying traits of a cunning killer are the same now as they were in the time of the pyramids: greed without guilt, lies without conscience . . . and murder without remorse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dead Men's Hearts \u003ci\u003eis the 8th book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAaron 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. \u003cbr\u003e Mr. Elkins won the 1988 Edgar Award for best mystery of the year for \u003ci\u003eOld Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339128115474,"sku":"9781497642935","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bebc838-995b-42ef-a7de-0bae56b2bb56.jpg?v=1727997021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-mens-hearts-9781497642935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}