Twenty Blue Devils

I listened to this as an e-audiobook and loved it. The story unfolds at a leisurely pace, but there’s so much going on in the world of luxury coffee production and on the island of Tahiti that I was absolutely gripped before the crimes were even revealed! I'd never come across the author, Aaron Elkins before, but I've since discovered this is Book 9 of a series featuring an urbane, renowned forensic anthropologist, Gideon Oliver, who makes the most incredible deductions from studying human skeletons and cracking previously insoluble mysteries. In this, Gideon travels to Tahiti at the request of his friend, John Lau, an FBI agent, who believes the death of a member of his family on the island isn’t what it seems. Sure enough, he’s correct and the pair uncover some massive criminality. I found this novel completely intriguing and I'm looking out for more by this author now.
Review by: Silent Witness, Oundle Crime