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Aaron Elkins is a former anthropologist, who began writing mysteries and thrillers since 1982, and won many awards for his bestselling titles. His work has been selected and published in the Literary Guild, and the Readers Digest Condensed Mystery Series. Aaron has taken on the nickname "father of the modern forensic mystery"!

Aaron currently resides on Washington's Olympic Peninsula with his wife and serves as a forensic anthropologist on the Olympic Peninsula Cold Case Task Force.

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Fellowship of Fear (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 1)
Fellowship of Fear (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 1)
by Aaron Elkins
First in the Edgar Award–winning series “that never disappoints,” featuring the forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is offered a teaching fellowship at US military bases in Germany, Sicily, Spain, and Holland, he wastes no time accepting....
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A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 1)
A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 1)
by Aaron Elkins
An American museum curator in Berlin must find a fake painting—and a real killer—in this mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Switcheroo.   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...
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Curses! (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 5)
Curses! (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 5)
by Aaron Elkins
On an archeological excavation in Mexico, the Skeleton Detective must solve an ancient riddle and a modern murder: “A series that never disappoints.” —Philadelphia Inquirer   Mayan ruins in the Yucatán . . . a secret room in a tomb . . . age‑old skeletons. To anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the renowned Skeleton Detective, the invitation...
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The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume One: Fellowship of Fear, The Dark Place, Murder in the Queen's Armes, and Old Bones
The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume One: Fellowship of Fear, The Dark Place, Murder in the Queen's Armes, and Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
The forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective tackles his first four cases in the Edgar Award–winning series “that never disappoints” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).   Edgar Award winner and former anthropologist Aaron Elkins “thoroughly understands the art of the murder mystery” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In these four...
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A Long Time Coming
A Long Time Coming
by Aaron Elkins
It takes a real artist to solve a crime this big—in a brilliant, engrossing mystery by Edgar Award winner Aaron Elkins…Art curator Val Caruso is not a happy camper. His promotion has just been nixed, his divorce has become final, and he’s dug himself into a nice little rut for his fortieth birthday. The uplift? A trip to Milan to help...
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The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume Two: Curses!, Icy Clutches, and Make No Bones
The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume Two: Curses!, Icy Clutches, and Make No Bones
by Aaron Elkins
Bone-chilling cases featuring the forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective, in the Edgar Award–winning series “that never disappoints” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).   Edgar Award winner and former anthropologist Aaron Elkins “thoroughly understands the art of the murder mystery” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In books five...
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A Cruise To Die For (An Alix London Mystery Book 2)
A Cruise To Die For (An Alix London Mystery Book 2)
by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins
This should be the cushiest job Alix London’s ever had.The second Alix London mystery finds the art restorer in a world brimming with idle luxury, spectacular locations, and deadly intrigue.Surrounded by art and wealth and the sun-drenched Greek isles, she’s aboard a sumptuous mega-yacht with no responsibilities save the occasional...
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A Dangerous Talent (An Alix London Mystery Book 1)
A Dangerous Talent (An Alix London Mystery Book 1)
by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins
Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle’s toniest neighborhood, a gorgeous figure, and a presence that exudes Ivy League breeding and old money. She has it all…or does she? Only Alix knows that the image she presents to the world is a carefully constructed mirage that veils an embarrassing...
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Old Bones (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 4)
Old Bones (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 4)
by Aaron Elkins
An Edgar Award–winning mystery featuring the forensic anthropologist hailed as “a likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth”—from the author of Switcheroo (Chicago Tribune).“With the roar of thunder and the speed of a galloping horse comes the tide to Mont St. Michel,” goes the old nursery song. So when the aged patriarch of the du Rocher...
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Icy Clutches (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 6)
Icy Clutches (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 6)
by Aaron Elkins
Edgar Award–winning series: On a trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska, the Skeleton Detective pursues a cold-hearted killer who buries evidence in an avalanche. Gideon Oliver expects to be amicably bored when he takes on the role of “accompanying spouse” at a lodge in the magnificent wild country of Glacier Bay, Alaska, where his forest ranger...
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Dead Men's Hearts (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 8)
Dead Men's Hearts (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 8)
by Aaron Elkins
Edgar Award–winning author: “A cunning plot, a remarkably appealing hero, some uproariously funny dialogue . . . a winning combination.” —Booklist   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...
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Where There's a Will (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 12)
Where There's a Will (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 12)
by Aaron Elkins
Edgar® Award–winning author Aaron Elkins’s creation—forensics professor Gideon Oliver—has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “a likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth.” Now the celebrated Skeleton Detective unearths a wealthy family’s darkest secrets…Alex Torkelsson has just gotten word: his late uncle Magnus’s plane has been found...
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Turncoat
Turncoat
by Aaron Elkins
“A headlong plunge into dark places and dark minds” from the Edgar Award–winning author of the Gideon Oliver Mysteries (Statesman Journal).   Pete Simon’s all-American life was everything he ever wanted: a good home, a satisfying career, and a marriage still strong and loving after nearly twenty years. But in the days following the...
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Loot
Loot
by Aaron Elkins
A long-lost painting stolen by the Nazis turns up at a Boston pawnshop—and leads to a string of murders—in this “fast-paced and tightly written thriller” (The Seattle Times).   In April 1945, the Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe. Truck convoys...
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Dying on the Vine (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 17)
Dying on the Vine (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 17)
by Aaron Elkins
Edgar® Award–winning author Aaron Elkins’s creation—forensics professor Gideon Oliver—has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “a likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth.” Now the celebrated Skeleton Detective is visiting friends at a vineyard in Tuscany when murder leaves a bitter aftertaste…   When Gideon Oliver and his wife, Julie...
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Uneasy Relations (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 15)
Uneasy Relations (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 15)
by Aaron Elkins
Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave on the Rock of Gibraltar, 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 visit the site. But two deaths, possibly murders, have rocked Gibraltar. As Oliver tries to piece things together, he's...
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Unnatural Selection (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 13)
Unnatural Selection (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 13)
by Aaron Elkins
When Gideon Oliver's wife Julie attends a conservation forum on the emerald Isles of Scilly, Gideon tags along, expecting a holiday. To amuse himself, he explores the Neolithic sites there. But instead of ancient ruins, he finds evidence of a very recent murder.
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Little Tiny Teeth (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 14)
Little Tiny Teeth (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 14)
by Aaron Elkins
From the Edgar® Award winning author of Uneasy Relations. Starring Professor Gideon Oliver - 'a likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth.' (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) Sailing the Amazon with a group of botanists, 'Skeleton Detective' Gideon Oliver is on his dream vacation. But it turns nightmarish when fierce head-hunters narrowly miss killing the...
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Good Blood (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 11)
Good Blood (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 11)
by Aaron Elkins
Book 11 of the Gideon Oliver mysteries finds Gideon on vacation with his wife in Italy. However, things take a troubling turn when their host's only child goes missing and local construction workers find bones in the ground.
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Skull Duggery (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 16)
Skull Duggery (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 16)
by Aaron Elkins
Gideon is happy to be in Mexico with his wife-until he's asked to examine the mummified corpse of a drifter thought to be shot to death. Gideon's findings reveal that the cause of death is far more bizarre. Then he's asked to examine the skeleton of a murder victim found a year earlier-only to discover another coroner error. The Skeleton...
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Switcheroo (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 18)
Switcheroo (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 18)
by Aaron Elkins
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...
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A Glancing Light (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 2)
A Glancing Light (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 2)
by Aaron Elkins
A museum curator travels to Italy and looks into a murder in this “fresh, funny [and] thoroughly enjoyable mystery” by the author of the Gideon Oliver series (Publishers Weekly). Mild‑mannered and law‑abiding, Chris Norgren, curator of Renaissance and Baroque art at the Seattle Art Museum, is an unlikely undercover investigator, but when...
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Skeleton Dance (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 10)
Skeleton Dance (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 10)
by Aaron Elkins
The French police call on the Skeleton Detective when a dog digs up some human bones: “Terrific” —Publishers Weekly   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...
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Murder in the Queen's Armes (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 3)
Murder in the Queen's Armes (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 3)
by Aaron Elkins
The Skeleton Detective puzzles over the theft of an ancient bit of bone—and a student’s murder—in this novel by the Edgar Award–winning author of Switcheroo. Anthropology professor Gideon Oliver would prefer to keep his mind on his beautiful new bride Julie during their English honeymoon, but one intrusive question will not stop nagging...
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Make No Bones (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 7)
Make No Bones (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 7)
by Aaron Elkins
The forensic anthropologist wonders who would steal the bones of a deceased colleague—and why: “A likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth.” —Chicago Tribune   There is not much left of the irascible Albert Evan Jasper, “dean of American forensic anthropologists,” after his demise in a fiery car crash. But in accord with his wishes, his...
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Twenty Blue Devils (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 9)
Twenty Blue Devils (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Book 9)
by Aaron Elkins
The “shrewd, witty and self-deprecating forensic anthropologist” travels to Tahiti to sniff out crime at a coffee plantation (Publishers Weekly). 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. Nothing tangible points to foul play...
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Old Scores (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 3)
Old Scores (The Chris Norgren Mysteries Book 3)
by Aaron Elkins
A notorious French art dealer is murdered in this “thoroughly entertaining” mystery by the Edgar Award–winning author of the Gideon Oliver series (Kirkus Reviews). It is a headline‑making story: the discovery of a previously unknown Rembrandt. René Vachey, the iconoclastic art dealer who claims to have uncovered it, wants to make a gift...
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The Worst Thing
The Worst Thing
by Aaron Elkins
For Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job—as long as he doesn’t deal directly with kidnappers or their victims. Intense nightmares of his own abduction and imprisonment as a small boy still plague him thirty-some years later, and claustrophobia prevents him from attempting to travel. So when Bryan’s...
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