{"product_id":"skeleton-dance-9781497643222","title":"Skeleton Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe French police call on the Skeleton Detective when a dog digs up some human bones: \"Terrific\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Les-Eyzies-de-Tayac is known for three things: pâté de fois gras, truffles, and prehistoric remains. The little village, in fact, is the headquarters of the prestigious Institute de Préhistoire, which studies the abundant local fossils. But when a pet dog emerges from a nearby cave carrying parts of a human skeleton--by no means a fossilized one--Chief Inspector Lucien Anatole Joly puts in a call to his old friend, Gideon Oliver, the famed \"Skeleton Detective.\" Once Gideon arrives, murder piles on murder, puzzle on puzzle, and twist follows twist in a series of unexpected events that threaten to tear the once sober, dignified Institut apart. It takes a bizarre and startling forensic breakthrough by Gideon to bring to an end a trail of deception thirty-five thousand years in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Skeleton Dance \u003ci\u003eis the 10th 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\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":50339128672530,"sku":"9781497643222","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66be3254-9745-4b97-a09c-ea9325502abb.jpg?v=1727997051","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/skeleton-dance-9781497643222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}