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    Dying on the Vine
    Dying on the Vine
    Dying on the Vine
    Audiobook8 hours

    Dying on the Vine

    Written by Aaron Elkins

    Narrated by Joel Richards

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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 . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 21, 2020
    ISBN9781977337597
    Dying on the Vine
    Author

    Aaron Elkins

    Aaron Elkins’s mysteries and thrillers have earned him an Edgar, an Agatha, a Nero Wolfe Award, and a Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award. His nonfiction works have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, the New York Times magazine, and Writer’s Digest. A former anthropology professor, Elkins is known for starting the forensic-mystery genre with his 1982 novel, Fellowship of Fear. He currently serves as the anthropological consultant for the Olympic Peninsula Cold Case Task Force in Washington State. Elkins lives in Washington with his wife, Charlotte—his occasional collaborator—who is also an Agatha winner.

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    • 5/5
      The plot of this novel is very similar to the only other book I have read in this series (OLD BONES), in that the setting is linked to a conference on forensic anthropology that the Skeleton Detective is attending and giving several sessions at. The aim of the seminars is to teach detectives to "read skeletons". One of the attendees suggests that he is able to access some skeletons recently found. Gideon Oliver finds that he disagrees with almost everything the pathologists have come up with. The have concluded a murder/suicide. His interpretation is that they have the order of the deaths wrong, and that both people have been murdered. The other similar plot line is that Gideon Oliver has some connection with the dead person.Some parts of the investigation held very interesting information, but in other parts the plot got just a little bit too cute, and I thought the final chapter was not very satisfactory at all, and had the feeling of being written far too hastily.
    • 4/5
      Elkins knows how to write a mystery novel just as well as his hero, Dr. Gideon Oliver, knows how to evaluate a battered skeleton: very well. He's also been doing it for a long time, which means that many of us have gotten familiar with and fond of Dr. Oliver and the other regular characters in the series. This time, my pleasure in reading had more to do with Dr. Oliver's company and with other elements in the novel than with the mystery per se. That, for me at least, was less than gripping. But the setting -- a winery in Tuscany --was enchanting, the new characters were sharply drawn and entertaining, the family drama was engrossing, and the whole thing was a pleasant way to spend an evening.
    • 3/5
      Another classic Skeleton Detective story - the bones are interesting, the sneaky setup is quite good. And Gideon figures out all the details, but it's Julie who puts them together into something that makes sense. Lots of food descriptions, too, as usual. Not exciting, but perfect for a rainy day when I didn't feel up to much.
    • 4/5
      Synopsis: Gideon, along with wife and cohorts, is giving a seminar in Florence, Italy. He examines some bones and completely disagrees with the conclusions drawn by the Carabinieri. He also finds that the bones belong to the mother of the owners of a winery he is visiting.Review: This really reminded me of our trip to Tuscany. The characterizations of the winery owners, the police and the older Italians are right on point. The story was interesting, but I suspected 'who done it' relatively early on.
    • 2/5
      This was the first Gideon Oliver mystery I have read. I almost gave up after 100 pages, as nothing was happening and I found the characters unengaging and sometimes annoying. At one stage, the author took almost a page to describe someone serving a coffee. This was only the most egregious of the many long passages describing people eating and drinking which provided padding for the book and filled the pages which might otherwise have contained plot or character development. What plot there was was spun out by the repeated expedient of people having to dash off before the long-winded hero could finish what he was saying, requiring another session in a restaurant or coffee bar to continue the explanation.I hate not to finish a book, so I kept going and it did get a little better, although not enough to tempt me to pick up another book in the series.
    • 2/5
      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 that the local carabinieri had thought they had already solved. For me the book was just ok. I have enjoyed this series for a long time now, but this entry seemed a bit too by the numbers with Gideon and the rest of our returning characters just going through the motions and being caricatures of their former selves. I would even go as far as to say I would only recommend it to people who are already fans of the series. If I hadn't already read the previous 16 books I probably wouldn't have bothered to finish this one. I can only hope the next entry is better or else it may be time to put the Skeleton Detective to rest...