little tiny teeth* unnatural selection* where there’s a will* good blood* skeleton dance twenty blue devils dead men’s hearts make no bones icy clutches curses! old bones* murder in the queen’s armes* the dark place* fellowship of fear*
old scores a glancing light deceptive clarity
on the fringe where have all the birdies gone? nasty breaks rotten lies a wicked slice
turncoat loot
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LITTLE TINY TEETH
AARON ELKINS
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BERKLEY PRIME CRIME, NEW YORK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Elkins, Aaron J. Little tiny teeth / Aaron Elkins.
p. cm.
ISBN: 1-4295-4082-6
1. Oliver, Gideon (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Forensic anthropologists—Fiction.
3. Botanists—Crimes against—Fiction. 4. Amazon River Region—Fiction. 5. Headhunters—
Fiction. I. Title. PS3555.L48L58 2007 813'.54—dc22
