Read Dying On The Vine (2012)

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Author

Aaron Elkins

Genre

Mystery & Thriller

Series

Gideon Oliver

Rating

3.47 of 5 Votes: 1

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ISBN

0425247880 (ISBN13: 9780425247884)

Language

English

Publisher

Berkley Hardcover

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Dying On The Vine (2012) - Plot & Excerpts

What a delightful read. It was delicious - yes that was the word that came to me as I read. Once I started reading it, I put aside my whole day to immerse myself into this engrossing murder mystery set in Tuscany, Italy. The characters were engrossing, and the Italian characters seemed so accurate and alive. The local descriptions about the countryside and food added a lovely backdrop to the story.Kudos to Aaron Elkins - what cozy mystery writer wouldn't want to travel to Tuscany and stay a while to absorb the local culture and customs while penning his/her latest mystery? A fun read. I discovered Aaron Elkins' books before I started reading Kathy Reichs' books (Temperance Brennan). Dr. Gideon Oliver is a professor of forensics and is known as the Skeleton Doctor. He doesn't deal with bodies - just bones. This story involved puzzling out the the sequence of events (who died first, who killed whom) when the bones of an Italian wine-making patriarch and his second wife are fond months after they disappeared. These books are less dense than Reichs' books and I enjoy the main character.