Dying on the Vine, Aaron Elkins
Dying on the Vine, Aaron Elkins
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Dying on the Vine

Author: Aaron Elkins

Narrator: Joel Richards

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/21/2020

Synopsis

When Gideon Oliver and his wife, Julie, are in Tuscany visiting the Cubbiddu family, the renowned Skeleton Detective is asked to reexamine the remains of a mysterious family tragedy. Pietro Cubbiddu, former patriarch of the Villa Antica wine empire, is thought to have killed his wife and then himself in the remote mountains of the Apennines. It does not take long for Gideon to deduce that, whatever happened, a murder-suicide it was not.

Soon Gideon finds himself in a morass of family antipathies, conflicts, and mistrust, to say nothing of the local authority's resentment. And when yet another Cubbiddu relation meets an unlikely end, it becomes bone-chillingly clear that the killer is far from finished . . .

About Aaron Elkins

Aaron Elkins is a former anthropologist who has been writing mysteries and thrillers since 1982. He won an Edgar for Old Bones, as well as a subsequent Agatha with his wife Charlotte, and a Nero Wolfe Award. His major continuing series features forensic anthropologist-detective Gideon Oliver, "the Skeleton Detective."

The Gideon Oliver books have been (roughly) translated into a major ABC-TV series and have been selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Literary Guild, and the Reader's Digest Condensed Mystery Series. His work has been published in a dozen languages. Elkins and his wife live on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

Although he has been a full-time writer for some time now, he also remains active in real-life forensics by serving as the forensic anthropologist on the Olympic Peninsula Cold Case Task Force.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on February 21, 2025

I had never heard of this series or author prior to the book cover capturing my attention while cruising through my local Library book shelves. So...Interested, I checked it out and read it within 2 days. Apparently...The character Gideon Oliver, is a world-famous forensic anthropologist, so famous......more

Goodreads review by Joe on April 02, 2013

The famous Skeleton Detective is back in the 17th entry in this long running series. This time Gideon is in Italy on vacation with his wife Julie and his good friend FBI agent John Lau and his wife Marti. As is typical in this series he quickly gets himself involved in a murder investigation. One th......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on October 14, 2020

Combination travelogue/murder mystery featuring the skeleton doctor is always a good read. This one could serve as introduction to the environs of Florence, Italy for anyone planning a trip or can serve up happy memories for those who have spent time in Florence [I, for one, regret having missed the......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on July 02, 2020

Solidly good. Gideon Oliver is one of my favorite detectives and I look forward to every novel he is in. I am beginning to fear we may have come to his end but I sure hope not.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 12, 2013

As the 17th Gideon Oliver book, I hardly expected Dying on the Vine to have anything shockingly new. Or maybe I did. A lot of mystery series that I've liked immensely in the early years have changed over time into something (typically more violent) that I don't like as well. Elkins seems to have av......more

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