Good Blood

“Elkins’s eleventh mystery shows the forensic anthropologist in fine form... the forensic facts Elkins chooses to include and the brisk pace of the plot make for a total success.” —Publishers Weekly

“Witty dialogue and clever plotting... Elkins delivers on both counts here.” —Booklist

“His best book.” —Statesman Journal (OR)

“A welcome installment in a series that can be counted on for good mystery, intriguing science, and exotic locales.”

—The Nashville Advocate

“Aaron Elkins’s ‘skeleton detective,’ Gideon Oliver, can’t even take a vacation without bumping into bones. Thank goodness. Otherwise we would not have Good Blood ...Mr. Elkins never fails to enlighten and entertain...His only failing is that he makes us wait too long between books.” — Washington Times

“A gem... Good Blood is a prime example of a mystery/crime novel when the author is a master of the craft.”

—WBAI-FM

“Vintage Elkins: well-drawn supporting characters, lovely scenery...a bit of interesting science, [and a] cast of colorful characters.” —Library Journal

“Good Blood is in the right vein.” —Associated Press

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Praise for the Gideon Oliver novels by

Aaron Elkins

“Aaron Elkins is one of the best in the business and getting better all the time; when his new book arrives I let the cats go hungry and put my own work on hold till I’ve finished it.” —Elizabeth Peters

“Breezy...fascinating.... (it) dazzles.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“An intriguing mixture of forensic anthropology and real skull-duggery.” —Los Angeles Daily News

“As good as it gets.” —New York Daily News

“[A] look at our collective family tree, nuts and all.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“Highly readable, intelligently plotted... enthralling.”

—The Dallas Morning News

“A bright, breezy, witty writing style, a cunning plot, a remarkably appealing hero, some uproariously funny dialogue...a winning combination.” —Booklist

“Mischievous wit, fascinating erudition.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Elkins is that most cherished of authors, one who leaves you feeling you’ve absorbed important knowledge you never knew you lacked.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“He not only makes one think how interesting it would be to be an anthropologist, he almost persuades one that a certain amount of fun could be had out of being a skeleton.”

—Sarah Caudwell

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