Edgar Award Best Novel Winner
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
Summary
Forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver travels to coastal France, where a drowning death and a long buried skeleton expose old family secrets among a wealthy clan. Elkins puts careful bone science at the heart of the puzzle while Oliver reads clues that others miss. The book strengthened the appeal of the scholarly sleuth nicknamed the Skeleton Detective.
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Historical Context & Significance
Old Bones won Aaron Elkins the 1988 Edgar Award for Best Novel in his Gideon Oliver series.