293 pages
English language
Published Feb. 21, 2004 by Berkley Prime Crime.
Good blood
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What was supposed to be an Italian vacation for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife turns into a busman's holiday when their hosts' only child goes missing--and nearby construction workers unearth human bones. The family awaits Oliver's conclusions with both dread and cautious hope. But along the way, he'll expose some extraordinary deceptions that lay bare the long-hidden secrets at the dark heart of a highborn family.
What was supposed to be an Italian vacation for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver and his wife turns into a busman's holiday when their hosts' only child goes missing--and nearby construction workers unearth human bones. The family awaits Oliver's conclusions with both dread and cautious hope. But along the way, he'll expose some extraordinary deceptions that lay bare the long-hidden secrets at the dark heart of a highborn family.
Subjects
- Oliver, Gideon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Forensic anthropologists -- Fiction
- Americans -- Italy -- Fiction
- Missing children -- Fiction
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Maggiore, Lake (Italy and Switzerland) -- Fiction
- Italy -- Fiction