Curses!

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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 Yucatn . . . a secret room in a tomb . . . ageold skeletons. To anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the renowned Skeleton Detective, the invitation to join the archaeological excavation of Tlaloc promises two months of paradise on Earth.

That is, until an ancient series of Mayan curses against desecrators of the site is unearthed. When the first one comes to pass (The bloodsucking kinkajou will come freely among them), it is taken by all as a practical joke. But by the time the fourth one is apparently consummated (The one called Xecotcavach will pierce their skulls so that their brains spill onto the earth), nerves have begun to fray and suspicions and discord are mounting.

The steamy jungles weigh down on the band of eccentric anthropologists as one by one the curses continue to materialize. It takes Gideons special talents for deductionalong with the enigmatic insights of Mexicos one and only Mayan Indian inspector of the state judicial policeto resolve an ancient riddle and a modern, murderous mystery.

Curses! is the 5th book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Author Bio

Aaron Elkins is a former anthropologist and professor who has been writing mysteries and thrillers since 1982. His major continuing series features forensic anthropologistdetective 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 ABCTV series and have been selections of the BookoftheMonth Club, the Literary Guild, and the Readers Digest Condensed Mystery Series. His work has been published in a dozen languages.
Mr. Elkins won the 1988 Edgar Award for best mystery of the year for Old Bones, 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 Washingtons Olympic Peninsula with Charlotte.