A review by amalyndb
Dying on the Vine by Aaron Elkins

4.0

A Gideon Oliver murder mystery. Doctor Gideon Oliver is a physical anthropologist, in Italy for a conference and vacation with his wife. During a seminar with detectives from both Italy and France across the globe, they look at recently discovered bones and Dr. Oliver throws the local police officer into a tailspin when he announces that the closed murder-suicide is not so simple - the woman did not die of a gunshot wound and then pushed over a cliff, but was pushed over the cliff while conscious - and then shot after death.

Full of references to Italian cuisine and wine, an engaging mystery set in Tuscany revolving around a family vineyard and old-fashioned values.