No messing about in Beverly Connor's books on page 5 we have a skeleton by page 20 we have 2 more murder victims. As one review I read on goodreads (sorry can't remember the name) said the Fallon series is always a bit of a personal crusade pitting Diane against the "hicks" of local law enforcem...
Some skeletons just won't stay hidden. No one knows that better than University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain. Still, she is shocked when a skeleton dressed in its Sunday best falls out of a packing crate that had been stored in a kudzu-covered shed on her grandfather's farm for mo...
As a child, Juliet Price witnessed the bloody slaying of an entire family. Then the killer chased her down, brutalized her, and left her for dead. The police were never able to find the man responsible. For years, Juliet's traumatized mind hid the events from her. Then she sees a television show ...
Im tired of novels that spell out obvious details about certain aspects of their plot. Here we have an intelligent woman, holding down two full time roles - head of museum and head of a forensics lab (for want of a better name) being told by a spotty student type (almost young enough to be her so...
With spot-on details, a smart new voice, and ingenious plot twists, Beverly Connor has been compared to the hottest crime writers on the scene. Now, she ratchets up the suspense with a brand new series featuring one of today's most cunning and complex sleuths: forensic anthropologist Diane Fallon...
“Call[ing] to mind the forensic mysteries of Aaron Elkins and Patricia Cornwell” (Chicago Sun-Times), Beverly Connor’s spellbinding series proves that the dead do tell tales—and reveal secrets that can threaten the living in the most chilling of ways… In the depths of an unmapped cave, forens...
If you have read any of the first four books of the Lindsay Chamberlain mysteries you know already Beverly Connor is a good writer. Read Airtight Case and you will know she is a great writer. Airtight Case is simply the best of the series.One thing I enjoy in particular about Connor's stories is ...
I was fortunate to have received a sneak preview, of Beverly Connor`s dynamic debut mystery, A Rumor of Bones--before the book was even sold to a publisher! During my less chaotic days (seems like years ago), I was enrolled in a continuing education mystery writing class, using the wisdom of inst...
All four of them jumped to their feet and headed for the door. David was the closest and reached the door first. He opened it and pulled everyone in, turned out the lights, and locked the door. “Everybody stay away from the front windows,” he said in an urgent half whisper. “Okay,” Diane whispere...
Soon the sun would rise above the horizon and burn off the haze, and the site would be alive with the activity of archaeologists. But now, in the predawn hours, it was a mystic place-silent, stranded between the past and present. This was the time of day when Lindsay loved the site best. She coul...
The lobby was buzzing with activity, a sight she was always relieved to see. Keeping the number of visitors to the museum high was a major concern that affected every decision she made. With no visitors, there would be no museum, no teaching of natural history, and no repository of artifacts. Whe...
She gripped the receiver and nervously glanced at the door to make sure she had locked it. "A bullet?" she whispered."I don't know that it came from your tire, but I don't know where else it could have come from. I went along the highway where you had the flat and looked for bullet casings or som...
Several people leaned over the railing, looking into the pond and yelling at an elderly man who was splashing wildly, cursing, and clearly not listening to the profusion of advice from above."Oh, Christ, it's Boote. I'll bet he's drunk." The voice sounded like Tessa's, but Lindsay didn't look beh...
Maybe someone had just moved them, she thought. To where? She locked the storage room and walked back through the darkened lab. It was quiet. She turned on the lights, which brightened the space but did nothing to dispel her uneasy feeling. The huge sets of artifact drawers, silent keepers of the...