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Aaron Elkins

Born

in Brooklyn, The United States

July 24, 1935

Website

http://aaronelkins.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Aaron J. Elkins, AKA Aaron Elkins (born Brooklyn July 24, 1935) is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'. The fourth Oliver book, Old Bones, received the 1988 Edgar Award for Best Novel. As Oliver is a world-renowned authority, he travels around the world and each book is set in a different and often exotic locale.

In another series, the protagonist is museum curator Chris Norgren, an expert in Northern Renaissance art.

One of his stand-alone thrillers, Loot deals with art stolen by the Nazis and introduces protagonist Dr. Benjamin Revere.

With his wife, Charlotte Elkins, he has also co-written a series of golf mysteries about LPGA member L ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 46,191 ratings · 3,511 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fellowship of Fear (Gideon Oliver, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 3,822 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Bones (Gideon Oliver, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 2,584 ratings — published 1987 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 2,424 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Queen's Armes (Gideon Oliver, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 2,135 ratings — published 1985 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curses! (Gideon Oliver, #5) 4.05 avg rating — 1,950 ratings — published 1989 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long Time Coming 4.01 avg rating — 1,858 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Icy Clutches (Gideon Oliver #6) 4.02 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 1990 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Men's Hearts (Gideon Oliver, #8) 3.98 avg rating — 1,845 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skeleton Dance (Gideon Oliver, #10) 3.96 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty Blue Devils (Gideon Oliver, #9) 3.95 avg rating — 1,578 ratings — published 1983 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Aaron Elkins (?)

“I can't claim that I came out of it the winner. But I felt a lot like a kid who has finally found the guts to stand up to the schoolyard bully and tell him to take his best shot: bruised and bloody and thinking maybe that it hadn't been such a hot idea, but - what do you know? - still standing.”
― Aaron Elkins, The Worst Thing

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“When I walk into a house and see good paintings on the wall, I can smell money. But when I see tatty old carpets on the floor under them, I smell real money.”
― Aaron Elkins, Loot

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“The thing is, women try to look slim-hipped like men, and they can’t. Not if they have any female hormones. The very thing that makes a woman so lovely is exactly what you have: a big, beautiful trochanteric subcutaneous adipose tissue deposit.”
― Aaron Elkins, Fellowship of Fear

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The Child by Sebastian Fitzek

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Fatherland by Robert Harris

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Woman of the Dead by Bernhard Aichner

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March Violets by Philip Kerr

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The Eye Collector by Sebastian Fitzek

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The Nightwalker by Sebastian Fitzek

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Stasi Child by David Young

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A Deceptive Clarity by Aaron Elkins

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