Questionable Remains
Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #2
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Man's eternal quest for gold proves as enduring as it is fatal when forensic archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain unearths a four-hundred-year-old mystery -- and a modern-day murder. Vacationing in Tennessee, Lindsay studies the bones of a centuries-old corpse hiding a fascinating secret. She's also asked to look into the suspicious deaths of two adventurous cavers whose fatal foray into Hell Slide Cave spells murder for one family member.
But bones don't lie, and before long Lindsay knows she's digging up trouble. Someone wants the case to remain closed -- and the mounting threats tell her she's getting closer to the truth. But as murder old and new come together in shocking ways, Lindsay finds herself digging for her life -- to survive the clever trap of a killer.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Like its protagonist, Conner's second Lindsay Chamberlain mystery (A Rumor of Bones) delves into all mysteries in a methodical and calculating manner. Lindsay, a crisply authoritative forensic archeologist based at a Georgia university, and an expert in analyzing old bones, is asked to investigate a more modern case. Were the two-year-old deaths of three men found sealed in a cave caused by falling rocks? Or were the men murdered? The previous investigation, marked by bureaucratic ineptitude, bears the marks of a cover-up, and Lindsay puts herself at grave risk when she continues to pry into the case. Bullets are fired, a student volunteer is hurled off a cliff and, in some truly gripping and finely crafted scenes, Lindsay finds herself desperately clawing her way out of a sealed cave. There are parallel plots here. As one archeological dig after another is explored and relics of 16th-century conquistadors turn up, their dark and grisly story, full of greed and violence, is graphically depicted. There's a connection between 1567 and 1996: Had the dead cavers discovered ancient treasure? Unfortunately, the story has trouble breathing under its multiple and convoluted plots, and the characters--a shifty lawyer; some inept conspirators; even the 16th-century conquistadores--are one-dimensional. Only Lindsay's keen intellect and relentless drive--and the reader's pleasure in seeing her think-- keep this novel alive.
