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Gideon Oliver Series

18 primary works • 20 total works
Gideon Oliver is a forensic anthropologist whose nickname is "The Skeleton Detective".

Book 1

Fellowship of Fear
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3.68 · 4097 Ratings · 356 Reviews · published 1982 · 30 editions
When anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is offer…

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    Book 2

    The Dark Place
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    3.91     · 2578 Ratings · 206 Reviews · published 1983 · 37 editions
    Gideon Oliver earns his moniker "The Skeleton Dete…

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    Book 3

    Murder in the Queen's Armes
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    4.03     · 2287 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 1985 · 36 editions
    Edgar® winner Aaron Elkins follows "skeleton detec…

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    Book 4

    Old Bones
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    4.04     · 2702 Ratings · 207 Reviews · published 1987 · 43 editions
    When members of a prominent Breton family suddenly…

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    Book 5

    Curses!
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    4.06     · 2059 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 1989 · 30 editions
    An archaeological dig on the Yucatan Peninsula unc…

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    Book 6

    Icy Clutches
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    4.03     · 1947 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 1990 · 32 editions
    Edgar Award–winning series: On a trip to Glacier B…

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    Book 7

    Make No Bones
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    4.03     · 1507 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 1990 · 28 editions
    Gideon Oliver must excuse himself from the festivi…

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    Book 8

    Dead Men's Hearts
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    3.99     · 1944 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1994 · 24 editions
    Traveling to the Valley of the Nile to appear in a…

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    Book 9

    Twenty Blue Devils
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    4.02     · 1557 Ratings · 95 Reviews · published 1983 · 33 editions
    The investigation into the suspicious death of a c…

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    Book 10

    Skeleton Dance
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    3.99     · 1762 Ratings · 96 Reviews · published 2000 · 24 editions
    "There is a small village in France that is well k…

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    Book 11

    Good Blood
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    4.03     · 1132 Ratings · 62 Reviews · published 2004 · 15 editions
    What was supposed to be an Italian vacation for fo…

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    Book 12

    Where There's a Will
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    4.02     · 1139 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2005 · 21 editions
    Acclaimed for a mischievous wit and his intriguing…

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    Book 13

    Unnatural Selection
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    4.09     · 1282 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2006 · 14 editions
    The Edgar® Award-winning author of Where There's a…

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    Book 14

    Little Tiny Teeth
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    3.94     · 1206 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 2007 · 16 editions
    Forensics professor Gideon Oliver's supposedly pea…

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    Book 15

    Uneasy Relations
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    4.01     · 1056 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 2008 · 14 editions
    The Edgar® Award-winning author of Little Tiny Tee…

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    Book 16

    Skull Duggery
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    3.99     · 1022 Ratings · 88 Reviews · published 2009 · 9 editions
    No one solves crimes like Skeleton Detective Gide…

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    Book 17

    Dying on the Vine
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    3.84     · 1072 Ratings · 134 Reviews · published 2012 · 13 editions
    Edgar® Award–winning author Aaron Elkins’s creatio…

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    Book 18

    Switcheroo
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    4.01     · 1527 Ratings · 128 Reviews · published 2016 · 6 editions

    The Skeleton Detective is back.

    A cold case dating …

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    Book 1-4

    The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume One, #1-4
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    4.30     · 141 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
    The forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton …

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    Book 5-7

    The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume Two
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    4.45     · 76 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
    Bone-chilling cases featuring the forensic anthrop…

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