Deep in the primeval rainforest of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula,
the skeletal remains of a murdered man are discovered. And a strange,
unsettling tale begins to unfold, for forensic anthropologist Gideon
Oliver determines that the murder weapon was a primitive bone spear of a
type not seen for the last ten thousand years. And whoever-or
whatever-hurled it did so with seemingly superhuman force. Bigfoot
"sightings" immediately crop up, but Gideon is not buying them. But
something is continuing to kill people, and Gideon, helped by forest
ranger Julie Tendler and FBI special agent John Lau, plunges into the
dark heart of an unexplored wilderness to uncover the bizarre,
astonishing explanation. Aaron 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. 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 Washington's Olympic
Peninsula with Charlotte.
