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Murder in the Queen's Armes (Gideon Oliver, Bk 3)
Murder in the Queen's Armes - Gideon Oliver, Bk 3 Author:Aaron J. Elkins From Publishers Weekly — Anthropologist Gideon Oliver is honeymooning in England when he decides to drop in on a Dorset dig run by his old friend Nate Marcus. The local scientific society is miffed by Marcus's publicity-grabbing theories, and definitely put off by his abrasive manner. Gideon detects an uneasy atmosphere at the dig. After a member... more » vanishes and an unidentifiable body turns up, Gideon ("the skeleton detective" of Fellowship of Fear and The Dark Place) is dragged into the investigation by the police. He's also unwillingly involved with Marcus's great "find" that turns out to be a fake. Blackmail, academic hugger-mugger and more murder surface and Gideon and his wife are in dire peril....
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Gideon and Julie on their honeymoon are not smart enough to stay away from an archeaological dig . . . so of course murder and mystery descend on the newlyweds.